A companion to ancient epigram / edited by Christer Henriksén.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Henriksén, Christer, editor.

Wiley InterScience (Online service)

Series:

Blackwell companions to the ancient world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epigrams, Greek--History and criticism.

Epigrams, Greek.

Epigrams, Latin--History and criticism.

Epigrams, Latin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 704 pages).

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I Epigram: Features and Definitions; Chapter One What Is an Epigram?: Defining a Genre; 1.1 The Problem; 1.2 Ideas of Greek Epigram Through Time; 1.3 Ideas of Latin Epigram Through Time; 1.4 Modern Theories; 1.5 Towards an Identikit; Note; References; Chapter Two A Gallery of Characters: Real Persons and Fictitious Types in Epigram; 2.1 Real Persons in Epigram; 2.2 Fictitious Characters in Epigram; 2.3 Suggestions for Further Research; Notes; References

Chapter Three Epigram, Society, and Political Power3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Panegyric and Patriotism; 3.3 Scoptic; 3.4 Context and Convention; 3.5 Coda: Late Antiquity; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter Four Hidden Figures: The Women Who Wrote Epigrams; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Erinna; 4.3 Moero; 4.4 Anyte; 4.5 Nossis; 4.6 Survival; 4.7 Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter Five The Masculine and the Feminine in Epigram; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Femininity in Epigram; 5.3 Masculinity in Epigram; Notes; References; Chapter Six Obscenity in Epigram; 6.1 Obscenity in Ancient Greece and Rome

6.2 Hellenistic Epigram6.3 Catullus; 6.4 Martial; 6.5 Later Greek and Latin Epigram; Notes; References; Chapter Seven The Meters of Epigram: Elegy and Its Rivals; 7.1 Beginnings; 7.2 Elegiacs and Alternatives; 7.3 Elegiacs, the Default Norm; 7.4 Rome; 7.5 Some Roman Alternatives to Elegiacs; References; Chapter Eight Epigram in Epic and Greek Tragedy: Generic Interactions; 8.1 Epi(c)gram; 8.2 Tragedy and Epigram; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter Nine Epigram and Satire; 9.1 Greek Precedents for Satire: The Definition of the Genre in Horace: Uncertainties and Limits

9.2 Martial's Satirical Epigram: Proximity and Borders between Epigram and Satire9.3 Martial in Juvenal; References; Chapter Ten Immanent Genre Theory in Greek and Roman Epigram; 10.1 Epigrammatic Brevity; 10.2 Faking Inscriptions; 10.3 Reading, Interpreting, and Construing an Epigrammatic Tradition; 10.4 Everyday Life and the Art of Mocking; 10.5 Epigram and the Literary Canon; Notes; References; Chapter Eleven Epigram and Rhetoric; 11.1 Epigrams in Speeches and Cultivated by Orators; 11.2 Rhetoric Virtues of Epigrams; 11.3 Wit and Urbanitas

11.4 Sententia and Ridiculum Dictum - by Orators, Rhetoricians, and Epigrammatists11.5 The Use of Rhetorical Figures in the Epigrammatic Tradition; 11.6 Epigrams About Rhetors and Rhetoricians; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter Twelve Greek Anthologies from the Hellenistic Age to the Byzantine Era: A Survey; 12.1 The Earliest Collections; 12.2 The Vienna Incipits, the Σωρóς, and Other Hellenistic Collections; 12.3 The Garlands of Meleager and Philip; 12.4 Collections between Philip and Agathias; 12.5 The Cycle of Agathias and the Anthology of Cephalas

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 17, 2019).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Companion to ancient epigram.

ISBN:

111884162X

9781118841730

1118841735

9781118841624

9781118841709

1118841700

Publisher Number:

99980048540

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Restricted for use by site license.