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Zusatztext The volume introduces for the very first time an epic type of artificiality by offering a brilliant discussion on epic warriors, weapons, rumour and travel. Informationen zum Autor Andriana Domouzi is Postdoctoral Researcher in Classics and Theatre Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Silvio Bär is Professor of Classics at the University of Oslo, Norway. Klappentext This is the first scholarly exploration of concepts and representations of artificial intelligence in ancient Greek and Roman epic, including their reception in later literature and culture. Contributors look at how Hesiod, Homer, Apollonius of Rhodes, Moschus, Ovid and Valerius Flaccus have elaborated on the first literary texts that deal with automata and the quest for artificial life as well as technological intervention improving human life.Parts I and II consider, respectively, Greek, and Hellenistic and Roman epics. Contributors explore the presentations of Pandora in Hesiod, Homeric automatons such as Hephaestus' wheeled tripods, the Phaiakian king Alkinoös' golden and silver guard dogs, and even the Trojan Horse. Later examples include AI and automation in the Argonauticas of Apollonius and Valerius Flaccus, and Pygmalion's ivory woman in Ovid's Metamorphoses . Part III underlines how these concepts benefit from analysis of the ekphrasis device, within which they often feature. Chapters investigate the cyborg potential of the epic hero and the literary implications of ancient technology. Moving finally into contemporary examples, the final chapters consider the reception of ancient automation in contemporary film, for example the sci-fi epic Starvoyage , or Small Cosmic Odyssey (1995), and The Holy Machine by Chris Beckett (2004). Vorwort An exploration of concepts and representations of artificial intelligence in ancient Greek and Roman epic as well as its reception in later literature and culture. Zusammenfassung An exploration of concepts and representations of artificial intelligence in ancient Greek and Roman epic as well as its reception in later literature and culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations List of Contributors 1. Introduction: Greek and Roman Authors Imagining Artificial Intelligence: The Case of Epic Poetry, Andriana Domouzi (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece) and Silvio Bär (University of Oslo, Norway) I: Archaic Greek Epic 2. Hesiod's Pandora: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Lilah Grace Canevaro (University of Edinburgh, UK) 3. The Homeric Trojan Horse: An Intelligent Device , Giulia Maria Chesi (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany) 4. Cyber-dogs, 'Gut Thinkings', and the Limits of Recognition in Homer's Odyssey, Brett M. Rogers (University of Puget Sound, USA) 5. Homertron: The Poet-Construct of Il. 2.489–490, Jurgen R. Gatt (Università ta’ Malta, Malta) 6. Hephaestus' Wheeled Tripods, Braitenberg Vehicles and Entangled Being: The Problem of Homer's Technology, Ahuvia Kahane (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) II: Hellenistic and Roman Epic 7. Talos: Overcoming the AI Monster?, Genevieve Liveley (University of Bristol, UK) 8. The Tyrants and Their Robots: The Perverted Use of Artificial Intelligence in Apollonius of Rhodes, Alessandro Giardini (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy) 9. Between Nature and Technology: Moschus’ Europa and Ancient Automata, Kat Mawford (University of Manchester, UK) 10. Pygmalion and Pandora in Ovid's Metamorphoses, Alicia Matz (Boston University, USA) 11. Rocking the Boat: Sentient Technology and Metapoetics in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica, Bev Back (University of Leeds, UK) III: Conceptualisation and Reception 12. Artifice of Intelligence? Theories of Mind in Ancient Epic...
