04985nam 2200829 a 450 99624798190331620221111172630.00-520-91897-50-585-16033-310.1525/9780520918979(CKB)111004366718512(dli)HEB31905(SSID)ssj0000223035(PQKBManifestationID)12029251(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223035(PQKBWorkID)10175675(PQKB)10984228(DE-B1597)570151(DE-B1597)9780520918979(OCoLC)1224278182(MiU)MIU01000000000000012951359(MiAaPQ)EBC30771538(Au-PeEL)EBL30771538(EXLCZ)9911100436671851219970130d1998 ub 0engurmnummmmuuuutxtccrPoetic garlands Hellenistic epigrams in context /Kathryn J. GutzwillerReprint 2020Berkeley, Calif. University of California Press19981 online resource (xiii, 358 p. )Hellenistic culture and society ;28Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-520-20857-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-339) and indexes.1.Introduction --2.Hellenistic Epigram Books: The Evidence from Manuscripts and Papyri."In the Epigrams of ..."On Papyri.In Manuscript --3.The Third Century: From Stone to Book.Anyte.Nossis.Leonidas of Tarentum --4.The Third Century: Erotic and Sympotic Epigram.Asclepiades.Posidippus.Hedylus --5.The Book and the Scholar: Callimachus' Epigrammata.The Epigrammata.Dedicatory Epigrams.Sepulchral Epigrams.Erotic Epigrams --6.The Art of Variation: From Book to Anthology.Antipater of Sidon.Meleager.I.Structure of Cephalan Books --II.Meleager's Amatory Book --III.Structure of Meleager's Amatory Book --IV.Meleager's Dedicatory Book --V.Meleager's Sepulchral Book --VI.Meleager's Epideictic Book.Epigrams, the briefest of Greek poetic forms, had a strong appeal for readers of the Hellenistic period (323-31 B.C.). One of the most characteristic literary forms of the era, the epigram, unlike any other ancient or classical form of poetry, was not only composed for public recitation but was also collected in books intended for private reading. Brief and concise, concerned with the personal and the particular, the epigram emerged in the Hellenistic period as a sophisticated literary form that evinces the period's aesthetic preference for the miniature, the intricate, and the fragmented. Kathryn Gutzwiller offers the first full-length literary study of these important poems by studying the epigrams within the context of the poetry books in which they were originally collected. Drawing upon ancient sources as well as recent papyrological discoveries, Gutzwiller reconstructs the nature of Hellenistic epigram books and interprets individual poems as if they remained part of their original collections. This approach results in illuminating and original readings of many major poets, and demonstrates that individual epigrammatists were differentiated by gender, ethnicity, class status, and philosophical views. In an important final chapter, Gutzwiller reconstructs much of the poetic structure of Meleager's Garland, an ancient anthology of Hellenistic epigrams.Hellenistic culture and society ;28.ACLS Fellows' publications.ACLS Humanities E-Book.Greek poetry, HellenisticHistory and criticismEpigrams, GreekHistory and criticismBooks and readingMediterranean RegionLiterary formHistoryTo 1500Greek poetry, HellenisticHistory and criticismTo 1500Mediterranean RegionEpigrams, GreekHistory and criticismBooks and readingHistoryLiterary formLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCGreek & Latin Languages & LiteraturesHILCCGreek poetry, HellenisticHistory and criticism.Epigrams, GreekHistory and criticism.Books and readingLiterary formHistoryGreek poetry, HellenisticHistory and criticismEpigrams, GreekHistory and criticismBooks and readingHistoryLiterary formLanguages & LiteraturesGreek & Latin Languages & Literatures888/.0108Gutzwiller Kathryn J541182American Council of Learned Societies.NyNyACLNyNyACLBOOK996247981903316Poetic garlands865728UNISA