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Greek Poetry of Late Antiquity - An Anthology |
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| Authors: |
Spanoudakis, Konstantinos Karvouni, Aikaterini-Nina Litinas, Nikos |
| Reviewer: |
Papaioannou, Sofia |
| Subject: | HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY |
| Keywords: |
Greek Poetry
Early Christian Epic Greek Epic Late Antiquity |
| Description: | |
| Abstract: |
This book is an Anthology of a neglected period (from the point of view of literature and indeed poetry), the Late Antiquity. It included specimens from the poetic output beginning with Oppian of Cilicia in the 2nd century AD until George of Pisidia c. AD 630 (but without him, as he is considered to be the first Byzantine poet). In other words, it covers the period from the end of 'classical' philology until the beginning of byzantine philology. In the Introduction the historical, religious, cultural and educational background is discussed, without the knowledge of which the comprehesion of literature at this period is impossible. Texts include specimens from all important genres cultivated at this period presented according to modern theory which is significantly different from what was established some twenty years ago. Texts will be followed by commentaries elucidating them from many different angles (see the analysis according to each chapter). The book continually focuses on contexts, on the interaction of literature and art, literature and science, literature and philosophy (Neoplatonism, theurgic and theoretical), literature and religion (the osmosis of Christianity and 'paganism').
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| Table of Contents: |
Prologue
Table of Contents Abbreviations Introduction a. Literary Periods: An Inconvenient Template b. Historical Ambience c. Education and Learning d. Christianity e. Poetry in Late Antiquity: General Characteristics f. Persons and Texts g. Education and Poetry h. The Beginnings of Christian Poetry Chapter 1. Anacreontics Bibliography Questions Chapter 2. Ritual Hymnography: Orphic Hymns Bibliography Questions Chapter 3. Ethopoea: P. Oxy. 3537 recto (‘Hesiod’) [= Mertens–Pack3 1857.320, Leuven Database of Ancient Books 5556] Bibliography Questions Chapter 4. Epic Didactic Epic Oppian, Halieutics Maximus, De auspiciis Mythological Epic Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca Bibliography Questions Chapter 5. Epyllion a. Triphiodorus, The Capture of Ilion b. Musaeus, Hero and Leander Bibliography Questions Chapter 6. Christian Poetry a. Sibylline Oracles b. The Funerary Inscription of Abercius c. Gregory of Nazianzus, De humana natura (Carmina moralia xiv) d. Nonnus of Panopolis, Paraphrasis of the Gospel of St John Βιβλιογραφία Ερωτήσεις Chapter 7. Epigram General Introduction the Epigram in Late Antiquity a. Palladas b. Christodorus of Coptus c. Agathias Scholasticus d. Marianus Scholasticus e. Julian the Egyptian f. Cyrus of Panopolis g. Paul the Silentiary Bibliography Questions Chapter 8. The Visual World of Late-Antique Poetry: A List of Words and Images Appendices I. Synoptic Table of Poets/Poems in Late Antiquity II. Table of Roman Emperors from the 2nd to the 6th century AD Lexicon of Technical Terms Indices a. Index of Passages b. Index of Greek Words c. Index of Images |
| Linguistic Editors: |
Ladianou, Ekaterini |
| Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
| Creation Date: | 14-12-2015 |
| Item Details: | |
| ISBN |
978-960-603-084-0 |
| License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/gr |
| Spatial Coverage: |
The poetry of Late Antiquity was composed in the big cultural centres of the time: Alexandria, Constantinople, Rome, Gaza. |
| Temporal Coverage: |
2nd century AD - 6th century AD |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/363 |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Spanoudakis, K., Karvouni, A., & Litinas, N. (2015). Greek Poetry of Late Antiquity - An Anthology [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/363 |
| Language: |
Greek |
| Consists of: |
1. Anacreontics 2. Ritual Hymnography: Orphic Hymns 3. Ethopoea: P. Oxy. 3537 recto (‘Hesiod’) [= Mertens–Pack3 1857.320, Leuven Database of Ancient Books 5556] 4. Epic 5. Epyllion 6. Christian Poetry 7. Epigram 8. The Visual world of Late Antique Poetry. A List of Words and Images 9. Lexicon of Philological and Related Terms 10. Tables of Poets/Poems and Emperors 11. Introduction to the Poetry of Late Antiquity |
| Technical Requirement: |
Windows xp or newer. E-book or pdf reader. |
| Number of pages |
250 |
| Version: |
1st edition |
| Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |