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A Companion to Ancient Epigram


A Companion to Ancient Epigram


Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World 1. Aufl.

von: Christer Henriksén

183,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 13.12.2018
ISBN/EAN: 9781118841624
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 736

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<p><b>A delightful look at the epic literary history of the short, poetic genre of the epigram</b></p> <p>From Nestor’s inscribed cup to tombstones, bathroom walls, and Twitter tweets, the ability to express oneself concisely and elegantly, continues to be an important part of literary history unlike any other. This book examines the entire history of the epigram, from its beginnings as a purely epigraphic phenomenon in the Greek world, where it moved from being just a note attached to physical objects to an actual literary form of expression, to its zenith in late 1<sup>st</sup> century Rome, and further through a period of stagnation up to its last blooming, just before the beginning of the Dark Ages.</p> <p><i>A Companion to Ancient Epigram</i> offers the first ever full-scale treatment of the genre from a broad international perspective. The book is divided into six parts, the first of which covers certain typical characteristics of the genre, examines aspects that are central to our understanding of epigram, and discusses its relation to other literary genres. The subsequent four parts present a diachronic history of epigram, from archaic Greece, Hellenistic Greece, and Latin and Greek epigrams at Rome, all the way up to late antiquity, with a concluding section looking at the heritage of ancient epigram from the Middle Ages up to modern times.</p> <ul> <li>Provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the epigram</li> <li>The first single-volume book to examine the entire history of the genre</li> <li>Scholarly interest in Greek and Roman epigram has steadily increased over the past fifty years</li> <li>Looks at not only the origins of the epigram but at the later literary tradition</li> </ul> <p><i>A Companion to Ancient Epigram</i> will be of great interest to scholars and students of literature, world literature, and ancient and general history. It will also be an excellent addition to the shelf of any public and university library.</p>
<p>Notes on Contributors ix</p> <p>Abbreviations xvii</p> <p>Introduction 1</p> <p><i>Christer Henriksén</i></p> <p><b>PART I Epigram: Features and Definitions 19</b></p> <p>1 What Is an Epigram?: Defining a Genre 21<br /><i>Mario Citroni</i></p> <p>2 A Gallery of Characters: Real Persons and Fictitious Types in Epigram 43<br /><i>Patricia Watson</i></p> <p>3 Epigram, Society, and Political Power 59<br /><i>Kathleen M. Coleman</i></p> <p>4 Hidden Figures: The Women Who Wrote Epigrams 77<br /><i>Laurel Bowman</i></p> <p>5 The Masculine and the Feminine in Epigram 93<br /><i>Lindsay Watson</i></p> <p>6 Obscenity in Epigram 111<br /><i>Bret Mulligan</i></p> <p>7 The Meters of Epigram: Elegy and Its Rivals 127<br /><i>Llewelyn Morgan</i></p> <p>8 Epigram in Epic and Greek Tragedy: Generic Interactions 145<br /><i>Martin T. Dinter</i></p> <p>9 Epigram and Satire 163<br /><i>Rosario Cortés Tovar</i></p> <p>10 Immanent Genre Theory in Greek and Roman Epigram 179<br /><i>Margot Neger</i></p> <p>11 Epigram and Rhetoric 195<br /><i>Nina Mindt</i></p> <p>12 Greek Anthologies from the Hellenistic Age to the Byzantine Era: A Survey 211<br /><i>Francesca Maltomini</i></p> <p><b>PART II Epigram in Pre‐Hellenistic Greece 229</b></p> <p>13 The Origins of Greek Epigram: The Unity of Inscription and Object 231<br /><i>Joseph W. Day</i></p> <p>14 Simonides of Ceos and Epigram in Classical Greece 24<br /><i>Luigi Bravi</i></p> <p><b>PART III Epigram in the Hellenistic World 265</b></p> <p>15 The Development of Epigram into a Literary Genre 267<br /><i>Valentina Garulli</i></p> <p>16 Anyte’s Feminine Voice: Tradition and Innovation 287<br /><i>Ellen Greene</i></p> <p>17 Leonidas of Tarentum 303<br /><i>Jacqueline Klooster</i></p> <p>18 Callimachus on the Death of a Friend: A Short Study of Callimachean Epigram 319<br /><i>Benjamin Acosta‐Hughes</i></p> <p>19 Asclepiades of Samos 337<br /><i>Alexander Sens</i></p> <p>20 Posidippus and Ancient Epigram Books 351<br /><i>Kathryn Gutzwiller</i></p> <p>21 Taking Position: Later Hellenistic Epigrammatists 371<br /><i>Annette Harder</i></p> <p>22 Meleager of Gadara 389<br /><i>Évelyne Prioux</i></p> <p>23 Moving to Rome: Antipater of Sidon, Archias of Antiocheia, Philodemus, and Others 407<br /><i>Annemarie Ambühl</i></p> <p><b>PART IV Latin and Greek Epigram at Rome 423</b></p> <p>24 The Beginnings of Roman Epigram and Its Relationship with Hellenistic Poetry 425<br /><i>Alfredo Mario Morelli</i></p> <p>25 Catullus as Epigrammatist 441<br /><i>Niklas Holzberg</i></p> <p>26 Latin Epigram in the Early Empire 459<br /><i>Christer Henriksén</i></p> <p>27 Greek Epigram in Rome in the First Century ce 475<br /><i>Regina Höschele</i></p> <p>28 Epigrams in the Graffiti of Pompeii 491<br /><i>Kristina Milnor</i></p> <p>29 Martial’s Early Works: The Liber Spectaculorum, Xenia, and Apophoreta 505<br /><i>T. J. Leary</i></p> <p>30 Micro to Macro: Martial’s Twelve Books of Epigrams 521<br /><i>Sven Lorenz</i></p> <p>31 Carminis Incompti Lusus: The Carmina Priapea 541<br /><i>Eugene O’Connor</i></p> <p>32 Pseudo‐Senecan Epigrams 557<br /><i>Alfred Breitenbach</i></p> <p><b>PART V Epigram in Late Antiquity 575</b></p> <p>33 The Late Latin Literary Epigram (Third to Fifth Centuries ce) 577<br /><i>Luca Mondin</i></p> <p>34 Greek Epigram in Late Antiquity 597<br /><i>Gianfranco Agosti</i></p> <p>35 Damasus and the Christian Epigram in the West 615<br /><i>Dennis Trout</i></p> <p>36 Gregory of Nazianzus and the Christian Epigram in the East 633<br /><i>Christos Simelidis</i></p> <p>37 Inter Romulidas et Tyrias Manus: Luxorius and Epigram in Vandal Africa 649<br /><i>Anna Maria Wasyl</i></p> <p><b>PART VI The Fortleben of Ancient Epigram 665</b></p> <p>38 Epigram in the Later Western Literary Tradition 667<br /><i>Peter Howell</i></p> <p>39 The Epigram in Byzantium and Beyond 679<br /><i>Andreas Rhoby</i></p> <p>Index 695</p>
<p><b>Christer Henriksén, PhD,</b> is a Professor of Latin in the Department of Linguistics and Philology at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
<p>A COMPANION TO ANCIENT EPIGRAM <p><b>An in-depth look at the epic literary history of the short, poetic genre of the epigram</b> <p>From Nestor's inscribed cup to tombstones, bathroom walls, and Twitter tweets, the ability to express oneself concisely and elegantly, continues to be an important part of literary history unlike any other. This book examines the entire history of the epigram, from its beginnings as a purely epigraphic phenomenon in the Greek world, where it moved from being just a note attached to physical objects to an actual literary form of expression, to its zenith in late 1<sup>st</sup> century Rome, and further through a period of stagnation up to its last blooming, just before the beginning of the Dark Ages. <p><i>A Companion to Ancient Epigram</i> offers the first ever full-scale treatment of the genre from a broad international perspective. The book is divided into six parts, the first of which covers certain typical characteristics of the genre, examines aspects that are central to our understanding of epigram, and discusses its relation to other literary genres. The subsequent four parts present a diachronic history of epigram, from archaic Greece, the Hellenistic world, and Latin and Greek epigrams at Rome, all the way up to late antiquity, with a concluding section looking at the heritage of ancient epigram from the Middle Ages up to modern times. <li>Provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the epigram</li> <li>The first single-volume book to examine the entire history of the genre</li> <li>Scholarly interest in Greek and Roman epigram has steadily increased over the past fifty years</li> <li>Looks at not only the origins of the epigram but at the later literary tradition</li> <p><i>A Companion to Ancient Epigram</i> will be of great interest to scholars and students of literature, world literature, and ancient and general history. It will also be an excellent addition to the shelf of any public and university library.

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