LEADER 03009nam 22005292 450 001 9910159458903321 005 20161028153452.0 010 $a1-316-73372-6 010 $a1-316-73179-0 010 $a1-316-74530-9 010 $a1-316-74723-9 010 $a1-316-74916-9 010 $a1-316-61787-4 010 $a1-316-71747-X 010 $a1-316-75495-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000001008896 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4783990 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781316717479 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001008896 100 $a20160217d2016|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHellenistic epigram $econtexts of exploration /$fFrancis Cairns$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 516 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Oct 2016). 311 $a1-107-16850-3 311 $a1-316-75302-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroductory : contexts and their loss -- Afterlives -- Philosophical matters -- Temples and shrines -- Literary polemics -- Literary polemics continue -- Poetry, sex, the countryside -- Medical connections -- Epitaphs : epigraphic or epideictic? -- Local interests -- Speakers, addressee, antecedents -- The erotic -- Generic innovation -- Learning. 330 $aThis book offers scholars and students of Hellenistic and Roman literature an overview of Hellenistic epigram, a field closely related to other Hellenistic poetry and highly influential upon Roman poetry. In fourteen themed chapters, it foregrounds the literary, linguistic, historical, epigraphic, social, political, ethnic, cultic, onomastic, local, topographical and patronage contexts within which Hellenistic epigrams were composed. Many epigrams are analysed in detail and new interpretations of them proposed. Throughout, the question is asked whether epigrams are literary jeux d'esprit (as is often assumed without proper discussion) or whether they relate to real people and real events and have a function in the real world. That function may be epigraphic, for example an epigram can be the epitymbion for inscription at someone's grave, or the anathematikon for inscription on or beside a dedicated object, or a picture-label - an ekphrasis to accompany a painting or mosaic. 606 $aEpigrams, Greek$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGreek poetry, Hellenistic$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aEpigrams, Greek$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGreek poetry, Hellenistic$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a888/.00209 686 $aHIS002000$2bisacsh 700 $aCairns$b Francis$0170796 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910159458903321 996 $aHellenistic epigram$91399967 997 $aUNINA