Poems in context : Greek poetry in the Egyptian Thebaid 200-600 AD / Laura Miguelez Cavero.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Miguélez Cavero, Laura.

Series:

Sozomena (Berlin, Germany) ; v. 2.

Sozomena ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek poetry--Egypt--Akhmim--History and criticism.

Greek poetry.

Greek poetry--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (454 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examining carefully the Egyptian epic hexameter production from the 3rd to the 6th centuries AD, especially that of the southern region (Thebaid), this study provides an image of three centuries in the history of the Graeco-Egyptian literature, in which authors and poetry are related directly to the social-economic, cultural and literary contexts from which they come. The training they could get and the books and authors they came in touch with explain that we know so many names and works, written in a language and metrics that enjoyed the greatest esteem, being considered proofs of the highest culture. Laura Miguélez Cavero demonstrates that the traditional image of a "school of Nonnos" is not justified - rather, Triphiodorus, Nonnus, Musaeus, Colluthus, Cyrus of Panopolis and Christodorus of Coptos are just the tip of a literary iceberg we know only to some extent through the texts that papyri offer us.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of illustrations

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. The so-called school of Nonnus in the literary context of Panopolis (3rd-6th c. AD)

Chapter 2. Common stylistic features

Chapter 3. The role of culture and education in Panopolis (3rd-6th c. AD)

Chapter 4. Influence of school-practice on poetry: The progymnasmata

Chapter 5. Conclusions

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Dissertation Oxford University 2006.

ISBN:

9786613397102

9781283397100

1283397102

9783110210415

311021041X

OCLC:

476206342