petrifaction

The omen of the serpent in Iliad 2 is comparable to the omen of the serpent in Virgil Aeneid 2.199–227. The omen of the serpent in Iliad 2 is comparable to the omen of the serpent ... Continue reading

argument for the standard version making as much sense as the non-standard version of 318-319The serpent, once it is petrified, is arizēlon / aridēlon ‘most visible’; according to ... Continue reading

... poetics of unchangeability in narrating the story. And the concretization of such unchangeability is visualized as the petrifaction of the serpent. The imperfective aspect of the verb ... Continue reading