Latin elegy and hellenistic epigram : a tale of two genres at Rome / edited by Alison Keith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Keith, Alison.

James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elegiac poetry, Latin--History and criticism.

Elegiac poetry, Latin.

Epigrams, Greek--History and criticism.

Epigrams, Greek.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

vi, 158 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New Castle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.

Summary:

The relationship between the genre of elegy and epigram has been much debated and from a dizzying variety of angles. The contributors to this volume explore the impact of Hellenistic Greek epigram on Latin erotic elegy in the light of the recent discovery and publication of papyrus book-rolls, especially those containing Hellenistic Greek epigram collections. Individual chapters approach the interrelations of Greek epigram and Latin elegy through the theoretical frameworks of intermediality (the contamination of the two different media of stone inscription and book roll) and textual criticism (applying to the Latin elegist Propertius the editorial lessons learned from the papyrus collections of Greek epigrams). Some chapters focus on the reception of specific Greek epigrams, particularly those of Meleager and Philodemus, in particular elegies of Propertius and Ovid, while others take the Latin elegists as their focus and examine their appropriation of both the thematic motifs of Greek epigram and the organizational structures of Hellenistic epigram books. All bear witness to the importance of Hellenistic Greek epigram to the authors of Latin erotic elegy, consolidate our understanding of formal relations between the two genres in the Hellenistic and Roman worlds, and deepen our appreciation of individual Greek epigrams and Latin elegies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Inscriptional Intermediality in Latin Elegy / Martin Dinter Dinter, Martin 7

Chapter 2 Inscribing Epigrammatists' Names: Meleager in Propertius and Philodemus in Horace / Regina Höschele Höschele, Regina 19

Chapter 3 Philodemus AP 5.123, the Epigrammatic Tradition, and Propertius 1.3 / Francis Cairns Cairns, Francis 33

Chapter 4 Negotiating with the Epigram in Latin Love Elegy / Joan Booth Booth, Joan 51

Chapter 5 Propertius and Propertian Elegy's Epigram Riffs: Radical Poet/ Radical Critics / Richard F. Thomas Thomas, Richard F. 67

Chapter 6 The Influence of Hellenistic Epigram on Tibullus / Robert Maltby Maltby, Robert 87

Chapter 7 Latin Elegiac Collections and Hellenistic Epigram Books / Alison Keith Keith, Alison 99.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781443826785

1443826782

OCLC:

697599855

Publisher Number:

99944027547