(D.H.) Roberts, (F.M.) Dunn, (D.P.) Fowler Eds.Classical closure: reading the End in Greek and Latin literature. Princeton, 1997. Pp. xvi + 311. 069104452.

Abstract

Preface Ch. 2 Equal Honor and Future Glory: The Plan of Zeus in the Iliad Ch. 3 Odes and Ends: Closure in Greek Lyric Ch. 4 Wanton Kings, Pickled Heroes, and Gnomic Founding Fathers: Strategies of Meaning at the End of Herodotus's Histories Ch. 5 Ends and Means in Euripides' Heracles Ch. 6 Lucretian Conclusions Ch. 7 Closure in Latin Epic Ch. 8 Final Exit: Propertius 4.11 Ch. 9 Endgames: Ovid's Metamorphoses 15 and Fasti 6 Ch. 10 How Novels End: Some Patterns of Closure in Ancient Narrative Ch. 11 Is Death the End? Closure in Plutarch's Lives Ch. 12 Afterword: Ending and Aftermath, Ancient and Modern Bibliography Index