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- In classical studies the term epyllion (Ancient Gr****: ἐπύλλιον, plural: ἐπύλλια, epyllia) refers to a comparatively short narrative poem (or discrete...
- influenced by Ovid. The most famous example of classical epyllion is perhaps Catullus 64. Epyllion is to be understood as distinct from mock epic, another...
- to Zeus and Apollo. He promoted short poetic forms such as the epigram, epyllion and the iambic and attacked epic as base and common ("big book, big evil"...
- poem is estimated to run to have had around 1000 lines, it constitutes an epyllion, a shorter form of epic poetry dealing with topics not traditionally present...
- Tom 2. Tales nr. 260—263. Krzyżanowski, Julian (1947). "K. Kobylińskiego epyllion o "Rybce"" (PDF). Pamiętnik Literacki: Czasopismo kwartalne poświęcone...
- frames the Aristaeus epyllion beginning at line 315. The tone of the book changes from didactic to epic and elegiac in this epyllion, which contains within...
- Book 4 concludes with a long mythological narrative, in the form of an epyllion which describes vividly the discovery of b****eeping by Aristaeus and the...
- bashfulness and the engrafting of their bodies. A rendering of the story into an epyllion, published anonymously in 1602, was later (1640) attributed by some to...
- game is advertised as having old-school style with modern rules. Epyllion Epyllion is a game where players play dragons in a dragon-centric world, published...
-  252–253. Ovid (1990). "Ovid's Framing Technique: The Aeacus and Cephalus Epyllion (Met. 7.490-8.5)". The classical Journal. 86 (1): 35–44. JSTOR 3297921...