| Front | Epyllion |
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| Back | Little epic Shakespear's Venus and Adonis Marlowe's Hero and Leander In classical studies the term epyllion (Ancient Greek: ἐπύλλιον, plural: ἐπύλλια, epyllia) refers to a comparatively short narrative poem (or discrete episode within a longer work) that shows formal affinities with epic, but betrays a preoccupation with themes and poetic techniques that are not generally or, at least, primarily characteristic of epic proper. A sleeping Ariadne's abandonment by Theseus is the topic of an elaborate ecphrasis in Catullus 64 |
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