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dc.contributor.author | Vella, Horatio Caesar Roger | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-16T08:39:49Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-16T08:39:49Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Vella, H.C.R. (2012). Thrinacia, the island of Malta. Litteratura, 54(3), 7-36 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/17581 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In this article, the author proposes that Odysseus did come to Malta, but to the bigger island as Thrinacia. This paper intends to first put Thrinacia in the perspective of the itinerary of Odysseus. To enable us understand the geography of the Mediterranean and the reason why certain routes were adopted and others avoided, Odysseus’ itinerary is here compared to that of Aeneas as reported in Vergil’s Aeneid and, to a much lesser extent, to that of Jason and the Argonauts as given in Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica. Following the discussion on the Island of Thrinacia, this paper will also take the opportunity of discussing the location of Ogygia, the landmark after Thrinacia, and the confusion that Classical and modern authors created when they transposed Melite and Ogygia from the Adriatic Sea, as indicated by Apollonius of Rhodes, to our waters at the centre of the Mediterranean Sea. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Homer. Odyssey | en_GB |
dc.subject | Classical antiquities | en_GB |
dc.subject | Geography, Classical | en_GB |
dc.subject | Homer -- Knowledge -- Geography | en_GB |
dc.subject | Classical geography in literature | en_GB |
dc.subject | Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism | en_GB |
dc.subject | Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) -- In literature | en_GB |
dc.subject | Aeneas (Legendary character) -- In literature | en_GB |
dc.title | Thrinacia, the island of Malta | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.15388/Litera.2012.3.2478 | - |
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