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Classica et Mediaevalia is an international periodical with
articles written by Danish and foreign scholars. They are mainly
published in English, but sometimes in French and German as well.
From a philological point of view, the periodical deals with
Classical Antiquity in general and topics such as history of law,
philosophy, and medieval ecclesiastic history. It covers the period
from Greek-Roman Antiquity until the Late Middle Ages. Contents
include: 'Reflecting (In)Justice' in the Republic's Line and Cave:
Thrasymachus and Plato's Level of eikasia * Quorum in the People's
Assembly in Classical Athens * Nektanebo in the Vita Aesopi and in
Other Narratives * Chalcidian Politicians and Rome between 208 and
168 BC * Rewriting Dido: Ovid, Vergil and the Epistula Didonis ad
Aeneam (AL 71 SB) * Seneca on Platonic Apatheia * Octavia and
Renaissance Tragedy from Trissino to Shakespeare * A Dramatic
Afterlife: The Byzantines on Ancient Drama and Its Authors * Nine
Unidentified Verses in the
As elsewhere in Northern Europe, Latin literature, prose as well as
poetry, ? flourished in Denmark in the last half of the sixteenth
and the first half of the seventeenth centuries. In accordance with
Renaissance ideals this was a classicizing literature, covering a
range of different genres and subjects; ideologically it was firmly
based in the Lutheran reformation and decidedly supported the newly
strengthened monarchy. Prof. emir. Minna Skafte Jensen was one of
the first to explore this field. Ever since the beginning of the
1980s she has been the leading figure within the field of Danish
Neo-Latin literature ? through her own research, as a leader of
research projects, and as a source of inspiration for other
scholars. The articles collected here offer sensitive readings with
an eye to intertextual allusions as well as to the sociological
context.
Classica et Mediaevalia is an international periodical, published
annually, with articles written by Danish and international
scholars. The articles are mainly written in English, but also in
French and German. The periodical deals from a philological point
of view on classical antiquity in general and topics such as
history of law and philosophy and the medieval ecclesiastic
history. Classica et Mediaevalia covers the period from the
Greco-Roman Antiquity until the Late Middle Ages. Volume 56
contents include: The Habit of Subsidization in Classical Athens:
Toward a Thetic IdeologyA Note on Aristophanes, Clouds 76A Polis as
a Part of a Larger Identity Group: Glimpses from the History of
LepreonA Monger of Red Herrings: Plato's Method of Dead Ends in
Politicus 257a-275cEpicurean GodsThe Contribution of Ars and
Remedia to the Development of Autobiographical FictionHow Shall We
Comprehend the Roman I-Poet? A Reassessment of the Roman
Persona-TheoryJuvenal 3.146: A New Interpretati
Classica et Mediaevalia - Volume 49
Classica et Mediaevalia - Volume 48
This is an international annual periodical issued in book form.
Articles are mainly published in Englich but the reader will also
find French and German articles. From a philological point of
viewe, this periodical deals with Classical Antiquity in general
and covers topics such as history of law, philosohy and the
medieval ecclesiastic history. The time period covered is from the
Graecco-Roman Antiquity until the Late Middle Ages.
It is unknown, of course, who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey,
since, in general, no reliable contemporary description of how
these two epics came into being is to be found. Such sources as
there are - first and foremost, the two poems themselves - must be
interpreted in a comparative framework built on experience from
societies in the modern world that are in some respects similar to
archaic Greece in order to reach a coherent picture of the process.
The oral-formulaic theory, formed by Milman Parry (1902-1935) and
Albert B. Lord (1912-1991), not only revolutionized Homeric
studies, but also had an impact on anthropology and folklore. This
led to an increased interest in oral epic traditions, and
fieldworkers changed their methods towards a focus on composition
in performance. The individual singer and his handling of the
tradition gained importance. When possible, more than one
performance of the "same" song was recorded - by the same singer on
different occasions or by different singers - and interaction with
the audience was documented. Traditions of the oral epic still
exist in many parts of the world, and, during recent decades, quite
a few of them have been documented and analyzed by innovative
fieldworkers, leading to an overwhelming expansion of accessible
knowledge of how oral epic works. Writing Homer explores what this
means to the Parry-Lord-theory in general and the 'Homeric
Question' in particular. The relationship between the Iliad, the
Odyssey, and the Homeric Hymns, with the tradition of which they
are part, can now be described with much more precision than
before. It turns out that there is nothing unusual in very long
oral epics; what is unusual is that such poems are recorded in
writing. The process by which this must have taken place is
discussed in detail. Old problems, such as the fact that neither
illustrations of Trojan stories nor early 'quotations' agree with
the written poems, can be solved. Writing Homer achieves a deeper
understanding of the methods at work in the oral epic for building
a likely social context of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and
especially for speculating on the circumstances of the writing of
the two great poems. Long oral narratives are flexible, and
accordingly, the dictation to scribes that must be at the origin of
the texts, which have been preserved in writing to this day, was a
process of the utmost importance as was the composition in
performance of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Writing Homer is directed
at classical scholars, but will also be of interest to a much
broader readership: folklorists, anthropologists, and whoever
enjoys reading Homer in Greek, as well as in translation.
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