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Informationen zum Autor Christer Henriksén, PhD, is a Professor of Latin in the Department of Linguistics and Philology at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Klappentext A delightful look at the epic literary history of the short, poetic genre of the epigramFrom Nestor's inscribed cup to tombstones, bathroom walls, and Twitter tweets, the ability to express oneself concisely and elegantly, continues to be an important part of literary history unlike any other. This book examines the entire history of the epigram, from its beginnings as a purely epigraphic phenomenon in the Greek world, where it moved from being just a note attached to physical objects to an actual literary form of expression, to its zenith in late 1st century Rome, and further through a period of stagnation up to its last blooming, just before the beginning of the Dark Ages.A Companion to Ancient Epigram offers the first ever full-scale treatment of the genre from a broad international perspective. The book is divided into six parts, the first of which covers certain typical characteristics of the genre, examines aspects that are central to our understanding of epigram, and discusses its relation to other literary genres. The subsequent four parts present a diachronic history of epigram, from archaic Greece, Hellenistic Greece, and Latin and Greek epigrams at Rome, all the way up to late antiquity, with a concluding section looking at the heritage of ancient epigram from the Middle Ages up to modern times.* Provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the epigram* The first single-volume book to examine the entire history of the genre* Scholarly interest in Greek and Roman epigram has steadily increased over the past fifty years* Looks at not only the origins of the epigram but at the later literary traditionA Companion to Ancient Epigram will be of great interest to scholars and students of literature, world literature, and ancient and general history. It will also be an excellent addition to the shelf of any public and university library. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors ix Abbreviations xvii Introduction 1 Christer Henriksén PART I Epigram: Features and Definitions 19 1 What Is an Epigram?: Defining a Genre 21 Mario Citroni 2 A Gallery of Characters: Real Persons and Fictitious Types in Epigram 43 Patricia Watson 3 Epigram, Society, and Political Power 59 Kathleen M. Coleman 4 Hidden Figures: The Women Who Wrote Epigrams 77 Laurel Bowman 5 The Masculine and the Feminine in Epigram 93 Lindsay Watson 6 Obscenity in Epigram 111 Bret Mulligan 7 The Meters of Epigram: Elegy and Its Rivals 127 Llewelyn Morgan 8 Epigram in Epic and Greek Tragedy: Generic Interactions 145 Martin T. Dinter 9 Epigram and Satire 163 Rosario Cortés Tovar 10 Immanent Genre Theory in Greek and Roman Epigram 179 Margot Neger 11 Epigram and Rhetoric 195 Nina Mindt 12 Greek Anthologies from the Hellenistic Age to the Byzantine Era: A Survey 211 Francesca Maltomini PART II Epigram in Pre¿Hellenistic Greece 229 13 The Origins of Greek Epigram: The Unity of Inscription and Object 231 Joseph W. Day 14 Simonides of Ceos and Epigram in Classical Greece 24 Luigi Bravi PART III Epigram in the Hellenistic World 265 15 The Development of Epigram into a Literary Genre 267 Valentina Garulli 16 Anyte's Feminine Voice: Tradition and Innovation 287 Ellen Greene 17 Leonidas of Tarentum 303 Jacqueline Klooster 18 Callimachus on the Death of a Friend: A Short Study of Callimachean Epigram 319 Benjamin AcostäHughes 19 Asclepiades of Samos 337 Alexander Sens<...
