Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina

Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina
Title Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 394
Release 2013-11-06
Genre Foreign Language Study
ISBN 1849667837

Download Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This new scholarly edition consists of the Latin text, with translation and detailed commentary, of a sequence of epigrams from the Anthologia Latina (Shackleton Bailey 78-188). The introduction discusses whether these epigrams constitute a unified collection and are the work of a single author, examines their likely date and place of composition – which, it is argued, is North Africa under Vandal rule –, and sets them in their cultural context. The line-by-line commentary covers issues of literary, linguistic and historical significance. Although text and interpretation of these pieces present frequent difficulties, the author confirms that they make up a fascinating collection of considerable importance and merit, contrary to the low reputation generally associated with the Anthologia Latina. The book will be of great interest to students of Latin literature and language in general, the epigram tradition in particular, and the culture of Vandal Africa.

Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina

Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina
Title Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina PDF eBook
Author
Publisher A&C Black
Pages 397
Release 2013-10-10
Genre Foreign Language Study
ISBN 1849667829

Download Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This new scholarly edition consists of the Latin text, with translation and detailed commentary, of a sequence of epigrams from the Anthologia Latina (Shackleton Bailey 78-188). The introduction discusses whether these epigrams constitute a unified collection and are the work of a single author, examines their likely date and place of composition – which, it is argued, is North Africa under Vandal rule –, and sets them in their cultural context. The line-by-line commentary covers issues of literary, linguistic and historical significance. Although text and interpretation of these pieces present frequent difficulties, the author confirms that they make up a fascinating collection of considerable importance and merit, contrary to the low reputation generally associated with the Anthologia Latina. The book will be of great interest to students of Latin literature and language in general, the epigram tradition in particular, and the culture of Vandal Africa.

Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina

Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina
Title Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina PDF eBook
Author N. M. Kay
Publisher
Pages 387
Release 2008
Genre
ISBN

Download Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

A Companion to Ancient Epigram

A Companion to Ancient Epigram
Title A Companion to Ancient Epigram PDF eBook
Author Christer Henriksén
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 732
Release 2019-02-12
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1118841727

Download A Companion to Ancient Epigram Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

A delightful look at the epic literary history of the short, poetic genre of the epigram From Nestor’s inscribed cup to tombstones, bathroom walls, and Twitter tweets, the ability to express oneself concisely and elegantly, continues to be an important part of literary history unlike any other. This book examines the entire history of the epigram, from its beginnings as a purely epigraphic phenomenon in the Greek world, where it moved from being just a note attached to physical objects to an actual literary form of expression, to its zenith in late 1st century Rome, and further through a period of stagnation up to its last blooming, just before the beginning of the Dark Ages. A Companion to Ancient Epigram offers the first ever full-scale treatment of the genre from a broad international perspective. The book is divided into six parts, the first of which covers certain typical characteristics of the genre, examines aspects that are central to our understanding of epigram, and discusses its relation to other literary genres. The subsequent four parts present a diachronic history of epigram, from archaic Greece, Hellenistic Greece, and Latin and Greek epigrams at Rome, all the way up to late antiquity, with a concluding section looking at the heritage of ancient epigram from the Middle Ages up to modern times. Provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the epigram The first single-volume book to examine the entire history of the genre Scholarly interest in Greek and Roman epigram has steadily increased over the past fifty years Looks at not only the origins of the epigram but at the later literary tradition A Companion to Ancient Epigram will be of great interest to scholars and students of literature, world literature, and ancient and general history. It will also be an excellent addition to the shelf of any public and university library.

Epigrams from the Greek Anthology

Epigrams from the Greek Anthology
Title Epigrams from the Greek Anthology PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 448
Release 2020-11-26
Genre Poetry
ISBN 019259687X

Download Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Lush Diodorus sets the lads on fire, But now another has him in his net - Timarion, the boy with wanton eyes . . . Meleager, AP 12.109 Encompassing four thousand short poems and more, the ramshackle classic we call the Greek Anthology gathers up a millennium of snapshots from ancient daily life. Its influence echoes not merely in the classic tradition of the English epigram (Pope, Dryden) but in Rudyard Kipling, Ezra Pound, Virgina Woolf, T. S. Eliot, H.D., and the poets of the First World War. Its variety is almost infinite. Victorious armies, ruined cities, and Olympic champions share space with lovers' quarrels and laments for the untimely dead - but also with jokes and riddles, art appreciation, potted biographies of authors, and scenes from country life and the workplace. This selection of more than 600 epigrams in verse is the first major translation from the Greek Anthology in nearly a century. Each of the Anthology's books of epigrams is represented here, in manuscript order, and with extensive notes on the history and myth that lie behind them.

The Neo-Latin Epigram

The Neo-Latin Epigram
Title The Neo-Latin Epigram PDF eBook
Author Susanna de Beer
Publisher Universitaire Pers Leuven
Pages 356
Release 2009
Genre Foreign Language Study
ISBN 9058677451

Download The Neo-Latin Epigram Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

The epigram is certainly one of the most intriguing, while at the same time most elusive, genres of Neo-Latin literature. From the end of the fifteenth century, almost every humanist writer who regarded himself a true "poeta" had composed a respectable number of epigrams. Given our sense of poetical aesthetics, be it idealistic, postidealistic, modern, or postmodern, the epigrammatic genre is difficult to understand. Because of its close ties with the historical and social context, it does not fit any of these aesthetic approaches. By presenting various epigram writers, collections, and subgenres from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century, this volume offers a first step toward a better understanding of some of the features of humanist epigram literature.

Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology

Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology
Title Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology PDF eBook
Author John William Mackail
Publisher
Pages 450
Release 1890
Genre English poetry
ISBN

Download Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle