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Greek Epigram from the Hellenistic to the Early Byzantine Era (Hardcover)
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Greek Epigram from the Hellenistic to the Early Byzantine Era (Hardcover)
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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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