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Author | : C. T. Hadavas |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2018-09-17 |
Genre | : Epigrams, Greek |
ISBN | : 9781727440225 |
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This book provides vocabulary and commentary to 85 Ancient Greek epigrams arranged chronologically from the end of the sixth century BCE to the middle of the first century CE. Sixteen named epigrammatists are included, as well as two anonymous works. Although this selection from the thousands of surviving Ancient Greek epigrams is a personal one, examples from the four main thematic areas of epigrammatic writing are represented: funerary/sepulchral; dedicatory; amatory/erotic; display/epideictic. Slightly more than half of the epigrams are by Callimachus, Meleager, and Philodemus (often considered the three "greatest" Ancient Greek epigrammatists), but there are many interesting and fascinating examples from other writers as well. In addition to complete vocabulary listings for each epigram, all poetic, Ionic, and Doric forms are given their Attic equivalents. The notes also explicate syntactical and grammatical aspects that may be challenging for intermediate students, point out many (not all!) of the various literary/rhetorical figures and tropes that are employed, and provide information on historical and cultural issues raised by the poems. In order to encourage reading of the texts out loud (an essential component of most epigrams' literary nature, and one that often works hand-in-glove with the literary/rhetorical figures and tropes used), a section is provided that describes both the nature of the standard meter used in epigrams, the elegiac couplet, and the basic rules regarding Ancient Greek scansion. Finally, English translations of certain epigrams (some of which are provided with two or more versions, for the purpose of further comparison) are included to demonstrate the variety of ways that these poems have been appropriated and reproduced linguistically, aesthetically and culturally in the past four centuries.
Author | : John William Mackail |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 1890 |
Genre | : English poetry |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Alexander Sens |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2020-11-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108916538 |
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Greek 'literary' epigrams constitute one of the most versatile and dynamic poetic forms in the Hellenistic period. Originally modeled on the anonymous epitaphs and dedications inscribed on monuments throughout antiquity, these short poems came to include a variety of subtypes and served as a vehicle for Hellenistic poets to experiment with themes and motifs from other genres. This edition introduces students to a wide selection of epigrams from the third and second centuries BCE. It provides substantial help in construing the Greek and will be appropriate for those approaching the genre for the first time, whilst also containing material of interest to scholars. It includes work by the most important epigrammatists of this period, with substantial attention paid to the way these poets engage with the epigraphic and literary traditions. The Introduction provides an overview of the history of the genre and of its formal features, including dialect and meter.
Author | : Peter Jay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : English poetry |
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Author | : Gordon L. Fain |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2010-08-02 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0520947762 |
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After Sappho but before the great Latin poets, the most important short poems in the ancient world were Greek epigrams. Beginning with simple expressions engraved on stone, these poems eventually encompassed nearly every theme we now associate with lyric poetry in English. Many of the finest are on love and would later exert a profound influence on Latin love poets and, through them, on all the poetry of Europe and the West. This volume offers a representative selection of the best Greek epigrams in original verse translation. It showcases the poetry of nine poets (including one woman), with many epigrams from the recently discovered Milan papyrus. Gordon L. Fain provides an accessible general introduction describing the emergence of the epigram in Hellenistic Greece, together with short essays on the life and work of each poet and brief explanatory notes for the poems, making this collection an ideal anthology for a wide audience of readers.
Author | : Peter Antony Charles Jay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1973 |
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Download The Greek Anthology, and Other Ancient Greek Epigrams: a Selection in Modern Verse Translations; Ed. ... by Peter Jay Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Anthologia. Selections. English |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : |
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Author | : Gordon L. Fain |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0520265793 |
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This volume presents a selection of Greek epigrams in verse translation, including many from the recently discovered Milan papyrus. The poets represented are Anyte, Leonidas of Tarentum, Asclepiades, Posidippus, Callimachus, Theocritus, Meleager, Philodemos and Lucillius.
Author | : Maria Kanellou |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2019-04-25 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 0192573780 |
Download Greek Epigram from the Hellenistic to the Early Byzantine Era Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Greek epigram is a remarkable poetic form. The briefest of all ancient Greek genres, it is also the most resilient: for almost a thousand years it attracted some of the finest Greek poetic talents as well as exerting a profound interest on Latin literature, and it continues to inspire and influence modern translations and imitations. After a long period of neglect, research on epigram has surged during recent decades, and this volume draws on the fruits of that renewed scholarly engagement. It is concerned not with the work of individual authors or anthologies, but with the evolution of particular subgenres over time, and provides a selection of in-depth treatments of key aspects of Greek literary epigram of the Hellenistic, Roman, and early Byzantine periods. Individual chapters offer insights into a variety of topics, from explorations of the dynamic interactions between poets and their predecessors and contemporaries, and of the relationship between epigram and its socio-political, cultural, and literary background from the third century BCE up until the sixth century CE, to its interaction with its origins, inscribed epigram more generally, other literary genres, the visual arts, and Latin poetry, as well as the process of editing and compilation which generated the collections which survived into the modern world. Through the medium of individual studies the volume as a whole seeks to offer a sense of this vibrant and dynamic poetic form and its world which will be of value to scholars and students of Greek epigram and classical literature more broadly.
Author | : Peter Jay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 447 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Anthology |
ISBN | : |
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