Inconsistency in Roman Epic

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"How should we react as readers and as critics when two passages in a literary work contradict one another? Classicists once assumed that all inconsistencies in ancient texts needed to be emended, explained away, or lamented. Building on recent work on both Greek and Roman authors, this book explores the possibility of interpreting inconsistencies in Roman epic."--Jacket.

subjects: Epic poetry, Latin,  History and criticism,  Inconsistency (Logic),  Latin Epic poetry,  Latin literature, history and criticism