Posted on by admin

Callimachus in Context: From Plato to the Augustan Poets by Benjamin Acosta-Hughes,Susan A. Stephens

By Benjamin Acosta-Hughes,Susan A. Stephens

Scholarly reception has bequeathed Callimachuses: the Roman model is a poet of stylish non-heroic poetry (usually erotic elegy), represented through a handful of intertexts with a ordinary set of pictures - narrow Muse, teaching divinity, small voice, natural waters; the Greek model emphasizes a discovered pupil who contains literary feedback inside of his poetry, an encomiast of the Ptolemies, a poet of the e-book whose narratives are frequently understood as metapoetic. This learn goals to situate those Callimachuses inside of a sequence of interlocking old and highbrow contexts so as higher to appreciate how they arose. during this narrative of his poetics and poetic reception 4 major resources of inventive opportunism are pointed out: Callimachus' reactions to philosophers and literary critics as arbiters of poetic authority, the possibility of the textual content as a venue for functionality, understanding of Alexandria as a brand new position, and eventually, his charm for Roman poets.

Show description

Read Online or Download Callimachus in Context: From Plato to the Augustan Poets PDF

Similar ancient history books

Mythologie voor in bed, op het toilet of in bad (Dutch Edition)

Nog altijd blijken de oude Griekse mythen verrassend actueel. De Griekse goden en helden lijken in veel zaken op de mens, met hun zwakheden, passies en gevoelens; maar bovenal dwongen zij eerbied en recognize bij de mensen af. Vanaf hun berg Olympus beïnvloedden de twaalf Olympische goden wat er zich op de aarde afspeelde.

Rubikon: Triumph und Tragödie der Römischen Republik (German Edition)

Aufstieg und Untergang der Römischen Republik: Mit stilistischer Brillanz und historischem Scharfsinn erzählt Tom Holland die römische Geschichte von ihren etruskischen Anfängen bis zur Ermordung Caesars. »Erzählte Geschichte vom Feinsten. Ein Buch, das mich wirklich gefesselt hat. « Ian McEwan »Eine atemberaubende und glänzend geschriebene Gesamtschau der Machtkämpfe im Rom von Caesar und Cicero.

Herbs and Healers from the Ancient Mediterranean through the Medieval West: Essays in Honor of John M. Riddle (Medicine in the Medieval Mediterranean)

Herbs and Healers from the traditional Mediterranean in the course of the Medieval West brings jointly 11 papers through major students in historical and medieval drugs and pharmacy. Fittingly, the amount honors Professor John M. Riddle, one among latest most useful medieval historians, whose occupation has been dedicated to interpreting the complexities of early drugs and pharmacy.

Spartacus (TEMPUS) (French Edition)

Gladiateur et esclave révolté, Spartacus est une icône de l. a. liberté. Mais que savons-nous vraiment de cet homme que le mythe a rendu immortel au prix d'un travestissement de l. a. réalité ? Gladiateur révolté, meneur de los angeles rébellion des esclaves romains en seventy three av. J. -C. , Spartacus serait avant tout un homme épris de liberté et de justice.

Extra resources for Callimachus in Context: From Plato to the Augustan Poets

Sample text

Download PDF sample

Odziez reklamowa E-books > Ancient History > Callimachus in Context: From Plato to the Augustan Poets by Benjamin Acosta-Hughes,Susan A. Stephens
Rated 4.22 of 5 – based on 33 votes