Wandering Poets and Other Essays on Late Greek Literature and Philosophy

Wandering Poets and Other Essays on Late Greek Literature and Philosophy
Title Wandering Poets and Other Essays on Late Greek Literature and Philosophy PDF eBook
Author Alan Cameron
Publisher
Pages 377
Release 2016
Genre History
ISBN 0190268948

Download Wandering Poets and Other Essays on Late Greek Literature and Philosophy Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This book presents radically revised and updated versions of the most important and innovative articles published by Alan Cameron in the field of late antique Greek poetry and philosophy, attempting to define pagan and Christian elements in early Byzantine literary culture. The longest chapter presents a new account of the closing of the Academy of Athens, and a new article discusses recent theories on the date of the epigrammatist Palladas.

Wandering Poets and Other Essays on Late Greek Literature and Philosophy

Wandering Poets and Other Essays on Late Greek Literature and Philosophy
Title Wandering Poets and Other Essays on Late Greek Literature and Philosophy PDF eBook
Author Alan Cameron
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 377
Release 2015-11-02
Genre History
ISBN 0190493607

Download Wandering Poets and Other Essays on Late Greek Literature and Philosophy Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This book presents a substantially revised version of some of the most important and innovative articles published by Alan Cameron in the field of late antique Greek poetry and philosophy. Much new material has been added to the account of the "Wandering Poets" from early Byzantine Egypt, and earlier judgment on their paganism is nuanced. The story of Cyrus of Panopolis and the empress Eudocia takes into account important recent work on the poetry of Eudocia. Several chapters discuss the date and identity of the influential poet Nonnus. The longest chapter reviews the celebrated story of the so-called closing of the Academy of Athens and the trip of its seven remaining philosophers to the court of the Persian king Chosroes, rejecting the fashionable current idea that they set up a new school at Harran on the Persian border. An entirely new chapter discusses a recently published papyrus containing poems of the Alexandrian epigrammatist Palladas, rejecting the editor's claim that Palladas wrote almost a century earlier than hitherto believed. A concluding chapter, never before published, reinvestigates the evidence for paganism in sixth-century Byzantium. Boldly and persuasively argued, and drawing on a profound knowledge of the period, the volume as a whole deepens our knowledge of the rich intellectual traditions of the late antique Hellenic world.

Studies in Late Roman Literature and History

Studies in Late Roman Literature and History
Title Studies in Late Roman Literature and History PDF eBook
Author Alan Cameron
Publisher
Pages 464
Release 2016
Genre Latin literature
ISBN 9788872287927

Download Studies in Late Roman Literature and History Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

The Genres of Late Antique Christian Poetry

The Genres of Late Antique Christian Poetry
Title The Genres of Late Antique Christian Poetry PDF eBook
Author Fotini Hadjittofi
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 345
Release 2020-10-12
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 3110696215

Download The Genres of Late Antique Christian Poetry Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Classicizing Christian poetry has largely been neglected by literary scholars, but has recently been receiving growing attention, especially the poetry written in Latin. One of the objectives of this volume is to redress the balance by allowing more space to discussions of Greek Christian poetry. The contributions collected here ask how Christian poets engage with (and are conscious of) the double reliance of their poetry on two separate systems: on the one hand, the classical poetic models and, on the other, the various genres and sub-genres of Christian prose. Keeping in mind the different settings of the Greek-speaking East and the Latin-speaking West, the contributions seek to understand the impact of historical setting on genre, the influence of the paideia shared by authors and audiences, and the continued relevance of traditional categories of literary genre. While our immediate focus is genre, most of the contributions also engage with the ideological ramifications of the transposition of Christian themes into classicizing literature. This volume offers important and original case studies on the reception and appropriation of the classical past and its literary forms by Christian poetry.

APHex I

APHex I
Title APHex I PDF eBook
Author Marco Perale
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 574
Release 2020-10-12
Genre History
ISBN 3110295083

Download APHex I Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

„Sozomena“ bedeutet auf Griechisch „Gerettetes“. Die Reihe widmet sich der Erschließung von Texten, die aus der griechischen und römischen Antike nur durch ausserordentliche Fund-Umstände erhalten geblieben sind - allen voran durch Papyri, von denen Tausende in Universitäten und Bibliotheken unentziffert vorhanden sind. Die Reihe soll hauptsächlich Texte edieren und interpretieren, aber auch die Methoden der Erschließung diskutieren. Verschiedene Buchtypen werden daher hier veröffentlicht: Texteditionen, Kommentare, Monographien und Sammelbände. Die Hauptsprache der Publikationen ist Englisch, daneben auch Deutsch und Italienisch. Herausgegeben werden die Sozomena von Alessandro Barchiesi (Harvard, MA), Robert Fowler (Bristol), Dirk Obbink (Oxford und Ann Arbor, MI) und Nigel Wilson (Oxford) im Namen der Herculaneum Society, die zur Förderung der Erschließung des wichtigsten Fundkomplexes antiker Papyri gegründet wurde: der Villa dei Papiri im Pompeji benachbarten antiken Herculaneum mit ihren zum Teil noch nicht ausgegrabenen Schätzen an Textrollen.

Song Regained

Song Regained
Title Song Regained PDF eBook
Author Margarita Alexandrou
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 459
Release 2022-01-19
Genre History
ISBN 311071101X

Download Song Regained Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

„Sozomena“ bedeutet auf Griechisch „Gerettetes“. Die Reihe widmet sich der Erschließung von Texten, die aus der griechischen und römischen Antike nur durch ausserordentliche Fund-Umstände erhalten geblieben sind - allen voran durch Papyri, von denen Tausende in Universitäten und Bibliotheken unentziffert vorhanden sind. Die Reihe soll hauptsächlich Texte edieren und interpretieren, aber auch die Methoden der Erschließung diskutieren. Verschiedene Buchtypen werden daher hier veröffentlicht: Texteditionen, Kommentare, Monographien und Sammelbände. Die Hauptsprache der Publikationen ist Englisch, daneben auch Deutsch und Italienisch. Herausgegeben werden die Sozomena von Alessandro Barchiesi (Harvard, MA), Robert Fowler (Bristol), Lucia Prauscello (Oxford) und Nigel Wilson (Oxford) im Namen der Herculaneum Society, die zur Förderung der Erschließung des wichtigsten Fundkomplexes antiker Papyri gegründet wurde: der Villa dei Papiri im Pompeji benachbarten antiken Herculaneum mit ihren zum Teil noch nicht ausgegrabenen Schätzen an Textrollen.

Palladas and the Yale Papyrus Codex (P. CtYBR inv. 4000)

Palladas and the Yale Papyrus Codex (P. CtYBR inv. 4000)
Title Palladas and the Yale Papyrus Codex (P. CtYBR inv. 4000) PDF eBook
Author
Publisher BRILL
Pages 120
Release 2022-11-14
Genre History
ISBN 9004521356

Download Palladas and the Yale Papyrus Codex (P. CtYBR inv. 4000) Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

The Yale papyrus codex has significantly enriched our knowledge of ancient Greek epigram, while it also sparked a lively debate around its date, authorship, and the interpretation of individual poems. This book offers the first collection of essays into this fascinating and elusive text.