Description:
This volume takes a fresh look at ekphrasis as a textual practice closely connected to our embodied imagination and its verbal dimension; it offers the first detailed study of a large family of ancient ecphrastic shields, often studied separately, but never as an ensemble with its own development.
Review Quotes:
"Thein offers scholars and students of ecphrasis many interesting observations that will surely give them much food for thought." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"Thein should be commended for producing a scholarly, detailed examination of the main shield-ekphraseis of Greco-Roman literature." - Gnomon