Asclepiades of Samos

Epigrams and Fragments
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-925319-7
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 470 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 789 g

This is the first commentary in English devoted exclusively to the surviving epigrams and fragments of Asclepiades of Samos, a Hellenistic poet who exerted great influence on the work of his contemporaries and helped shape the genre of literary epigram for many generations. The volume contains an extensive introduction, a new critical text and translation, and a full literary and philological commentary. Alexander Sens's main focus is on the way in which Asclepiades engages with the Greek literary tradition, but attention is also paid to his influence on later writers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Asclepiades

Sens, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- I: Life and works

- II: The development of Hellenistic epigram

- III: Asclepiades and inscribed epigram

- IV: Erotic epigram and its generic background

- V: Narrative voice and genre

- VI: Asclepiades and his contemporaries

- VII: Asclepiades at court

- VIII: Language and style

- IX: Metre

- X: The transmission of the text

- Testimonia

- Sigla

- Text and Commentary

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander Sens is Joseph Durkin SJ Professor of Classics at Georgetown University.