This article advances the interpretation of Antimachus Thebaid Fragment 51 (Matthews) as part of an ekphrasis. It examines the literary features of Fr. 51 in light of epic ekphrastic conventions; it considers the relevance of allusions to this fragment in later poetry; and it determines that the lines concern a shield-description. Other literary evidence for the legend of the Seven against Thebes is adduced in order to contextualize the passage in the narrative of the poem. The article concludes that this description forms an important link in the tradition of epic ekphrasis from Homer to the Hellenistic period and beyond.

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安提马科斯的 Thebaid 中的 Ekphrasis、阉割和史诗传统

本文推进了对 Antimachus Thebaid Fragment 51 (Matthews) 的解释，作为 ekphrasis 的一部分。它考察了神父的文学特征。51 根据史诗般的 ekphrastic 惯例；它考虑了后来诗歌中与这个片段的典故的相关性；它确定这些行涉及屏蔽描述。引用了七人反对底比斯传说的其他文学证据，以便将这首诗的叙述中的段落置于语境中。文章的结论是，这种描述在从荷马到希腊化时期及以后的史诗 ekphrasis 传统中形成了重要的联系。