Companion to Ancient Epigram

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A delightful look at the epic literary history of the short, poetic genre of the epigramFrom 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 1st century Rome, and further through a period of stagnation up to its last blooming, just before the beginning of the Dark Ages.A Companion to Ancient Epigram 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. Provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the epigramThe first single-volume book to examine the entire history of the genreScholarly interest in Greek and Roman epigram has steadily increased over the past fifty yearsLooks at not only the origins of the epigram but at the later literary traditionA Companion to Ancient Epigram 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-02-12
Mått:168 x 246 x 38 mm
Vikt:1 247 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Antal sidor:736
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781118841723

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Christer Henriksén, PhD, is a Professor of Latin in the Department of Linguistics and Philology at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

Innehållsförteckning

Notes on Contributors ixAbbreviations xviiIntroduction 1Christer HenriksénPART I Epigram: Features and Definitions 191 What Is an Epigram?: Defining a Genre 21Mario Citroni2 A Gallery of Characters: Real Persons and Fictitious Types in Epigram 43Patricia Watson3 Epigram, Society, and Political Power 59Kathleen M. Coleman4 Hidden Figures: The Women Who Wrote Epigrams 77Laurel Bowman5 The Masculine and the Feminine in Epigram 93Lindsay Watson6 Obscenity in Epigram 111Bret Mulligan7 The Meters of Epigram: Elegy and Its Rivals 127Llewelyn Morgan8 Epigram in Epic and Greek Tragedy: Generic Interactions 145Martin T. Dinter9 Epigram and Satire 163Rosario Cortés Tovar10 Immanent Genre Theory in Greek and Roman Epigram 179Margot Neger11 Epigram and Rhetoric 195Nina Mindt12 Greek Anthologies from the Hellenistic Age to the Byzantine Era: A Survey 211Francesca MaltominiPART II Epigram in Pre‐Hellenistic Greece 22913 The Origins of Greek Epigram: The Unity of Inscription and Object 231Joseph W. Day14 Simonides of Ceos and Epigram in Classical Greece 24Luigi BraviPART III Epigram in the Hellenistic World 26515 The Development of Epigram into a Literary Genre 267Valentina Garulli16 Anyte’s Feminine Voice: Tradition and Innovation 287Ellen Greene17 Leonidas of Tarentum 303Jacqueline Klooster18 Callimachus on the Death of a Friend: A Short Study of Callimachean Epigram 319Benjamin Acosta‐Hughes19 Asclepiades of Samos 337Alexander Sens20 Posidippus and Ancient Epigram Books 351Kathryn Gutzwiller21 Taking Position: Later Hellenistic Epigrammatists 371Annette Harder22 Meleager of Gadara 389Évelyne Prioux23 Moving to Rome: Antipater of Sidon, Archias of Antiocheia, Philodemus, and Others 407Annemarie AmbühlPART IV Latin and Greek Epigram at Rome 42324 The Beginnings of Roman Epigram and Its Relationship with Hellenistic Poetry 425Alfredo Mario Morelli25 Catullus as Epigrammatist 441Niklas Holzberg26 Latin Epigram in the Early Empire 459Christer Henriksén27 Greek Epigram in Rome in the First Century ce 475Regina Höschele28 Epigrams in the Graffiti of Pompeii 491Kristina Milnor29 Martial’s Early Works: The Liber Spectaculorum, Xenia, and Apophoreta 505T. J. Leary30 Micro to Macro: Martial’s Twelve Books of Epigrams 521Sven Lorenz31 Carminis Incompti Lusus: The Carmina Priapea 541Eugene O’Connor32 Pseudo‐Senecan Epigrams 557Alfred BreitenbachPART V Epigram in Late Antiquity 57533 The Late Latin Literary Epigram (Third to Fifth Centuries ce) 577Luca Mondin34 Greek Epigram in Late Antiquity 597Gianfranco Agosti35 Damasus and the Christian Epigram in the West 615Dennis Trout36 Gregory of Nazianzus and the Christian Epigram in the East 633Christos Simelidis37 Inter Romulidas et Tyrias Manus: Luxorius and Epigram in Vandal Africa 649Anna Maria WasylPART VI The Fortleben of Ancient Epigram 66538 Epigram in the Later Western Literary Tradition 667Peter Howell39 The Epigram in Byzantium and Beyond 679Andreas RhobyIndex 695