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THE GODS IN HOMER

Homer in isolation? There is abundant evidence to show just how aware readers of Virgil were of the fact that the Virgil–Homer story is inextricably woven into the matter of the influence of Homer on Sophocles, Callimachus, Apollonius Rhodius, Ennius and so on. W. knows all this very well, of course. By drawing attention so lucidly to important parts of the evidence and bringing it all together so neatly in the telling of a fascinating story, W. has made a fine contribution that should stimulate further thinking about the large questions surrounding the reception of Homer in Augustan Rome, the different strategies employed by critics in thinking of him as a Homeric poet, the impact of Virgil on Latin literary criticism, and the ancient practice of synkrisis as applied to one of literary history’s most brilliant and influential twosomes.