OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 35242

ekphrasis

/ˈɛkfɹəsɪs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
écfrasis
A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork.
One [trope] is ekphrasis, the literary description of a work of art, the most famous example of which may be the careful depiction of the shield of Achilles in book 18 of the Iliad…
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