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The Muse at Play - Riddles and Wordplay in Greek and Latin Poetry (Hardcover)
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The Muse at Play - Riddles and Wordplay in Greek and Latin Poetry (Hardcover)
Series: Beitrage zur Altertumskunde
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In May 2011, a conference on riddles and word games in Greek and
Latin poetry took place at the Institute of Classical Studies of
the University of Warsaw. The conference was intended as an open
forum where specialists working in different fields of classical
studies could meet to discuss the varied manifestations of riddles
and other technopaegnia - both terms being understood broadly to
encompass the full range of play with language in classical
antiquity, in keeping with the use made of the two terms in ancient
and early modern theoretical discussions. This volume offers
revised versions of the papers presented during the conference.
Contributions by scholars from Europe and the USA treat a number of
interconnected topics, including: ancient and modern attempts to
formulate a definition of the riddle; poetic games at Greek
symposia; experimentation with language in late classical poetry;
riddles in the book cultures of the Hellenistic age and late
antiquity; the functions of word games carved in stone, written on
papyrus, or inscribed on the wall as graffiti; authors famed for
their obscurity, such as Heraclitus and Lycophron; wordplay in
Neo-Latin poetry; oracles, magic squares, pattern poetry,
palindromes and acrostichs.
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