Greek Epigram from the Hellenistic to the Early Byzantine Era

Author:   Maria Kanellou (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, Academy of Athens) ,  Ivana Petrovic (Hugh H. Obear Professor of Classics, Hugh H. Obear Professor of Classics, University of Virginia) ,  Chris Carey (Emeritus Professor of Greek, Emeritus Professor of Greek, UCL)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198836827


Pages:   460
Publication Date:   25 April 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Greek Epigram from the Hellenistic to the Early Byzantine Era


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Greek epigram is a remarkable poetic form. The briefest of all ancient Greek genres, it is also the most resilient: for almost a thousand years it attracted some of the finest Greek poetic talents as well as exerting a profound influence on Latin literature, and it continues to inspire and influence modern translations and imitations. After a long period of neglect, research on epigram has surged during recent decades, and this volume draws on the fruits of that renewed scholarly engagement. It is concerned not with the work of individual authors or anthologies, but with the complexities of epigram as a genre, and provides a selection of in-depth treatments of key aspects of Greek literary epigram of the Hellenistic, Roman, and early Byzantine periods. Individual chapters offer insights into a variety of topics, from the dynamic interactions between poets and their predecessors and contemporaries, and the relationship between epigram and its sociopolitical, cultural, and literary background from the third century BCE up until the sixth century CE, to its interaction with its origins, inscribed epigram more generally, other literary genres, the visual arts, and Latin poetry, as well as the process of editing and compilation that generated the collections that survived into the modern world. Through the medium of individual studies the volume as a whole seeks to offer a sense of this vibrant and dynamic poetic form and its world, which will be of value to scholars and students of Greek epigram and classical literature more broadly.

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Author:   Maria Kanellou (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, Academy of Athens) ,  Ivana Petrovic (Hugh H. Obear Professor of Classics, Hugh H. Obear Professor of Classics, University of Virginia) ,  Chris Carey (Emeritus Professor of Greek, Emeritus Professor of Greek, UCL)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.838kg
ISBN:  

9780198836827


ISBN 10:   0198836821
Pages:   460
Publication Date:   25 April 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Frontmatter List of Figures List of Abbreviations List of Contributors 1: Maria Kanellou, Ivana Petrovic, and Chris Carey: Introduction Part 1: Encountering Epigram 2: Joseph Day: Reading Inscriptions in Literary Epigram 3: Andrej Petrovic: Lessons in Reading and Ideology: On Greek Epigrams in Private Compilations of the Hellenistic Age 4: Regina Höschele: A Garland of Freshly Grown Flowers: The Poetics of Editing in Philip's Stephanos 5: Kristoffel Demoen: Epigrams on Authors and Books as Text and Paratext Part 2: Imitation, Variation, Interaction 6: Annette Harder: Miniaturization of Earlier Poetry in Greek Epigrams 7: Charles S. Campbell: Variations on Simplicity: Callimachus and Leonidas of Tarentum in Philip's Garland 8: Simone Beta: The Riddles of the Fourteenth Book of the Palatine Anthology: Hellenistic, Later Imperial, Early Byzantine, or Something More? Part 3: Writing Death 9: Richard Hunter: Death of a Child: Grief Beyond the Literary? 10: Silvia Barbantani: Hellenistic and Roman Military Epitaphs on Stone and on Papyrus: Questions of Authorship and Literariness 11: Doris Meyer: Tears and Emotions in Greek Literary Epitaphs 12: Michael A. Tueller: Sea and Land: Dividing Sepulchral Epigram Part 4: Gods, Religion, and Cult 13: Marco Fantuzzi: Epigrammatic Variations/Debate on the Theme of Cybele's Music 14: Kathryn Gutzwiller: Dreadful Eros, Before and After Meleager Part 5: Praise and Blame 15: Maria Kanellou: Mythological Burlesque and Satire in Greek Epigram - A Case Study: Zeus' Seduction of Danae 16: Federica Giommoni: Epigrams on the Persian Wars: An Example of Poetic Propaganda 17: Joseph M. Romero: 'From Atop A Lofty Wall . . .': Philosophers and Philosophy in Greek Literary Epigram Part 6: Words and Images 18: Lucia Floridi: Greek Skoptic Epigram, Ecphrasis, and the Visual Arts 19: Peter Bing: Ecphrasis and Iconoclasm: Palladas' Epigrams on Statues 20: Steven D. Smith: Art, Nature, Power: Garden Epigrams from Nero to Heraclius Endmatter Bibliography Index

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The volume at hand is not just a miscellany of papers on epigrams, but a carefully edited and well-balanced collection of in-depth studies from experts in the field. It is a finely produced book, highlighting the different lenses through which epigram can be diachronically read and interpreted, and a must-read for those searching for the secrets behind the alluring power of this miniature poetic genre. * Phoenix * This is an important book; publications of conference proceedings are often effective at giving a snapshot of research in a given field, but this volume goes beyond that, incorporating novel contributions by many distinguished scholars in Hellenistic, Imperial and Early Byzantine epigram. Although targeted at specialists, for whom this volume is indispensable, for anyone with a passing interest in post-classical Greek poetry, it provides ample evidence for why the study of epigram is enjoying renewed interest. * CJ~Online * 'The book ... is of a very high quality because of its content, the work of the editors, and the beautiful printing of the Oxford University Press. ...The volume constitutes an excellent update on the way in which the epigrammatic genre is read by today's philology, it contains innovative analysis of specific epigrams, and, above all, it shows the new perspectives and lines of interpretation about this genre and the enormous possibilities they offer. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Like the 2013 conference from which it developed, this valuable new volume gathers established and up-and-coming stars of contemporary epigram studies with the explicit aim of understanding epigram as a genre writ large across a millennium, from Hellenistic through to the early Byzantine revival of the sixth century. This was the age of Agathias, Julian of Egypt, Paul the Silentiary, and Macedonius, all of whom are amply treated ...one of this volume's signal services to the discipline is to remind us all just how capacious it is, and how wondrous. The volume is scholar-like and well produced, and for once represents properly good value. * Classical World * This volume, a valuable contribution to the ever-growing literature on Greek epigram, will definitely find its place next to other collected volumes dealing with this remarkable poetic form. Readers who have the patience to go through the book from beginning to end will be rewarded by the many perceptive interpretations of individual passages, the novel topics, new insights on often discussed themes as well as the high quality of the scholarship of all contributions ... it is a rich, meticulous and thought-provoking presentation of a genre that (ut quibusdam videtur) almost defies comprehensiveness. * Classical Review *


This volume, a valuable contribution to the ever-growing literature on Greek epigram, will definitely find its place next to other collected volumes dealing with this remarkable poetic form. Readers who have the patience to go through the book from beginning to end will be rewarded by the many perceptive interpretations of individual passages, the novel topics, new insights on often discussed themes as well as the high quality of the scholarship of all contributions ... it is a rich, meticulous and thought-provoking presentation of a genre that (ut quibusdam videtur) almost defies comprehensiveness. * Classical Review *


This volume, a valuable contribution to the ever-growing literature on Greek epigram, will definitely find its place next to other collected volumes dealing with this remarkable poetic form. Readers who have the patience to go through the book from beginning to end will be rewarded by the many perceptive interpretations of individual passages, the novel topics, new insights on often discussed themes as well as the high quality of the scholarship of all contributions ... it is a rich, meticulous and thought-provoking presentation of a genre that (ut quibusdam videtur) almost defies comprehensiveness. * Classical Review * Like the 2013 conference from which it developed, this valuable new volume gathers established and up-and-coming stars of contemporary epigram studies with the explicit aim of understanding epigram as a genre writ large across a millennium, from Hellenistic through to the early Byzantine revival of the sixth century. This was the age of Agathias, Julian of Egypt, Paul the Silentiary, and Macedonius, all of whom are amply treated ...one of this volume's signal services to the discipline is to remind us all just how capacious it is, and how wondrous. The volume is scholar-like and well produced, and for once represents properly good value. * Classical World * 'The book ... is of a very high quality because of its content, the work of the editors, and the beautiful printing of the Oxford University Press. ...The volume constitutes an excellent update on the way in which the epigrammatic genre is read by today's philology, it contains innovative analysis of specific epigrams, and, above all, it shows the new perspectives and lines of interpretation about this genre and the enormous possibilities they offer. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *


Author Information

Maria Kanellou was born in Athens and studied at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and at UCL. She is currently Research Fellow at the Academy of Athens and has previously worked at UCL, KCL, the University of Kent, and OUC. She has co-organized various international conferences focusing on Greek epigram and Theocritus and is currently working on the publication of the proceedings; her doctoral thesis, which offers a diachronic and motif-based analysis of erotic epigram, is also under contract for publication by OUP. Ivana Petrovic was born in Belgrade and studied at Belgrade University, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, and Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen. She has taught at Heidelberg, Giessen, and, most recently, at Durham University, and is now Hugh H. Obear Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia. Her research interests embrace ancient Greek literature, religion, and cultural history, and also South-Slavic traditional oral poetry, with a particular focus on the interaction between the texts and their historical, religious, and social contexts. Chris Carey was born in Liverpool and educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. He has worked at Cambridge, the University of Minnesota, Carleton College, St Andrews, Royal Holloway, and UCL, and has also taught in the Netherlands, Hungary, Greece, and Serbia. He has published on Greek lyric poetry, epic, drama, oratory, and law and is currently working on a commentary on Book 7 of Herodotus' History. He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 2012.

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