Poetry and Ancient Enigmas: Porhyry’s Essay on the Cave of the Nymphs in the Odyssey Cover Image

Пјесништво и древне загонетке: Порфиријев оглед О пећини нимфи у Одисеји
Poetry and Ancient Enigmas: Porhyry’s Essay on the Cave of the Nymphs in the Odyssey

Author(s): Jovana Šijaković
Subject(s): Theory of Literature
Published by: Матица српска

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to give an understanding of Porphyry’s exegetical approach in the essay On the Cave of the Nymphs highlighting its relevance to literary studies. The analysis is centered around the content and compositional issues. It takes into account the relation of the essay to author’s other Homeric studies. Attention is given to the nature of the employed allegoresis and the conceptions guiding the interpretation are explored as well.

  • Issue Year: 65/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 547-571
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Serbian