Greek Epigram in the Roman Empire - Martial''s Forgotten Rivals

Zusatztext Nisbet's discussions of individual epigrams are often perceptive and stimulating. Informationen zum Autor Gideon Nisbet is Lecturer in Classics, St John's College, Oxford Klappentext When we say "epigram," we mean "Martial"--whether we know it or not. After Martial, a Roman poet of the first century AD, epigram would always mean satirical epigram: a short, funny poem with a sting in its tail. But Martial was an imitator. He copied and adapted the real innovators: the Greek poets who were already turning epigram into antiquity's sharpest--and shortest--form of satirical humor. This book finally gives them their due, uncovering a forgotten world of wicked puns and violent slapstick. Zusammenfassung Satirical, or 'skoptic', epigram emerged as a distinctive new sub-genre of Greek literature in the Roman empire (the mid-first century CE) and flourished for at least a century. It was imitated by Martial, but it is now rarely read. In this book, the first substantial treatment of the subject, Gideon Nisbet rehabilitates skoptic epigram, introduces its authors, gives an account of its development, and situates it within its cultural context. He also suggests striking new ways of reading ancient epigram and examines satire's engagement with gender, identity, and power. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: skoptic epigram 1: Reading skoptic epigram 2: Situating skoptic epigram 3: Louklillios 4: Nikarkhos 5: Broken masks: skoptic epigram's identity crisis 6: Political epigram: Louklillios and Nero 7: Ammianos 8: Loukianos 9: Skoptic Oddments 10: Conclusion

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• Authors: Gideon Nisbet, Gideon ( Nisbet, Gideon (Lecturer in Classics Nisbet, Nisbet Gideon
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.12.2003
• EAN: 9780199263370
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926337-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Oxford Classical Monographs; Oxford Classical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Latin, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets