Matro of Pitane and the tradition of epic parody in the fourth century BCE : text, translation, and commentary / S. Douglas Olson, Alexander Sens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matron, of Pitana

Contributor:

Olson, S. Douglas.

Sens, Alexander.

Series:

American classical studies ; no. 44.

American classical studies ; no. 44

Standardized Title:

Works. English & Greek

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Matron, of Pitana--Translations into English.

Matron.

Matron, of Pitana--Criticism and interpretation.

Homer.

Matron, of Pitana.

Parodies, Greek--Translations into English.

Parodies, Greek.

Parodies, Greek--History and criticism.

Epic poetry--Appreciation--Greece.

Epic poetry.

Epic poetry--Appreciation.

Dinners and dining.

Criticism and interpretation.

Greece.

Homer--Parodies, imitations, etc.

Dinners and dining in literature.

Dinners and dining--Poetry.

Gastronomy in literature.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xiv, 174 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, 1999.

Language Note:

Greek and English; introd. and notes in English.

Summary:

The fragments of Matro of Pitane (c. 300 BC) offer insights not only into the largely forgotten and obscure late-classical genre of epic parody, but also into 4th-century Athenian history, the role of food and dining in antiquity, and the history of the text of Homer and the reception of the Iliad and the Odyssey in the pre-Alexanderian period. Sens and Olson offer a new text of the 144 surviving lines of Matro's parodies based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts; a translation; a detailed philological, historical, and gastronomic commentary; and a lively introduction to the poet and his times.

Contents:

I. Matro of Pitane and His Poems 3

II. The Tradition of Epic Parody 5

III. Matro and the Late Classical Text of Homer 13

IV. Dining in Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Greece 24

V. The Attic Dinner-Party and Late-4th-C. Athenian Politics 29

VI. Style 33

VII. Meter 40

VIII. The Manuscript Tradition 42.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [xi]-xiv) and index.

ISBN:

0788506145

0788506153

OCLC:

42683028