RT Article
T1 Composing the Μικρομεγάλη Ἰλιάς
JF Byzantinische Zeitschrift
VO 114
IS 1
SP 325
OP 354
A1 Mondini, Ugo
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/175759387X
AB The Μικρομεγάλη Ἰλιάς, the first work written by John Tzetzes, consists of 1.676 hexameters and numerous scholia. It narrates the events of the Trojan war from the conception of Paris to the fall of the city. This paper analyses the poem and its structure. In his later Exegesis to the Iliad, Tzetzes states that the Μικρομεγάλη Ἰλιάς allows to "learn thoroughly, in every detail" the history of the war. Following this evidence, the macro- and the microstructure of the poem are analysed in order to understand how Tzetzes structured his literary work and to what end. The last paragraph deals with the title Μικρομεγάλη Ἰλιάς.
DO 10.1515/bz-2021-9014