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Symphosius The Aenigmata - An Introduction, Text and Commentary (Paperback)
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Symphosius The Aenigmata - An Introduction, Text and Commentary (Paperback)
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The post-classical compilation known to modern scholarship as the
Latin Anthology contains a collection of a hundred riddles, each
consisting of three hexameters and preceded by a lemma. It would
seem from the preface to this collection that they were composed
extempore at a dinner to celebrate the Roman Saturnalia. The work
was to have a defining influence on later collections of riddles;
yet its title (probably the Aenigmata) has been debated, and almost
nothing is known about its author: questions have even been asked
about his name (Symphosius?) and date (4th-5th centuruy AD?). In
this edition of the riddles, the Introducion discusses the work's
title and its author's identity: as well as his name and date, it
considers his national origin (North African?) and intellectual
background (a professional grammarian?), and argues that he was not
Christian, as has been suggested. It examines the Saturnalian
background to the work, setting it in its sociological context, and
discusses the author's literary debts - especially to Martial. The
Introduction also explores the author's ordering and arrangement of
the riddles, discusses his literary style, Latinity and metre, and
comments briefly on his Nachleben. It concludes with a survey of
the textual tradition. The commentary on each riddle includes a
translation, general notes on the object it describes (with
reference, as necessary, to museums and artefacts), and discussion
of how it fits into the ordering of the collection, of variant
readings and, with suitable illustration, of literary, stylistic
and metrical considerations. Other areas, such as history and
mythology, are also covered where relevant.
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