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Record Nr.

UNISA996237244403316

Autore

Kantzios Ippokratis

Titolo

The trajectory of archaic Greek trimeters / / by Ippokratis Kantzios

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2005

ISBN

1-280-86853-8

9786610868537

1-4294-5152-1

90-474-0805-5

1-4337-0671-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, , 0169-8958 ; ; 265

Disciplina

881.0109

881/.0109

Soggetti

Greek language - Metrics and rhythmics

Iambic trimeter

Iambic poetry, Greek - History and criticism

Elegiac poetry, Greek - History and criticism

Elegiac poetry, Greek

Iambic poetry, Greek

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Bryn Mawr College, 1996), which was presented under title: The evolving identity of archaic Greek iambus.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-204) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION -- THEMATIC ELEMENTS OF THE TRIMETERS -- MORPHOLOGY AND VOCABULARY OF THE TRIMETERS -- THE TRIMETERS AND ELEGY -- INSCRIPTIONS, LATER IAMBUS AND TRAGEDY -- CONCLUSION -- TRIMETERS -- TRIMETERS -- TRIMETERS -- ELEGY -- ELEGY -- ELEGY -- WORKS CITED -- GENERAL INDEX -- SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE by H. Pinkster , H.S. Versnel , I.J.F. de Jong and P.H. Schrijvers.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume makes clear that even within the short period of their floruit archaic Greek trimeters underwent profound changes. The shift



in thematography, use of person, and vocabulary reveals that iambic verse is a complex, definable genre with all the dynamism that implies and with a traceable development. The various chapters examine the subject matter, morphology, and diction of the trimeters both within the genre in a diachronic fashion and in relation to elegy. The metrical inscriptions and later iambic poetry are also considered, as the author ponders the rise of tragedy and the disappearance of serious iambus. This work is of interest not only to scholars of archaic lyric poetry but also of tragedy and sympotic practices.