Hexametrical Genres from Homer to Theocritus
«In his ground-breaking book, Chris Faraone conjures up a world of pre-Homeric hexametrical poetry whose existence we did not know of. He shows that the early poets did not only avail themselves of oral epics but also of a number of traditional genres, such as curses, laments and oracles, to embed in their work. With one magisterial stroke, Faraone thus has completely revolutionised our idea of the literary culture of early Greece.»
Jan N. Bremmer, University of Groningen
In Hexametrical Genres from Homer to Theocritus, Christopher Faraone discusses a number of short hexametrical genres such as oracles, incantations and laments that do not easily fit the generic models provided by the extant poetry of Hesiod and Homer. Les mer
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In Hexametrical Genres from Homer to Theocritus, Christopher Faraone discusses a number of short hexametrical genres such as oracles, incantations and laments that do not easily fit the generic models provided by the extant poetry of Hesiod and Homer. In the process, he gives us new insight into their ritual performance, their early history, and how poets from Homer to Theocritus embedded or imitated these genres to enrich their own hexametrical poems-by
playing with and sometimes overturning the generic expectations of their audiences or readers.
Christopher Faraone combines literary and ritual studies to produce a rich and detailed picture of hexametrical genres performed publicly for gods, such as hymns or laments for Adonis, or other that were performed more privately, such as epithalamia, oracles, or incantations. This volume deals primarily with the recovery of lost or under-appreciated hexametrical genres, which are often left out of modern taxonomies of archaic hexametrical poetry, either because they survive only in fragments or
because the earliest evidence for them dates to the classical period.
playing with and sometimes overturning the generic expectations of their audiences or readers.
Christopher Faraone combines literary and ritual studies to produce a rich and detailed picture of hexametrical genres performed publicly for gods, such as hymns or laments for Adonis, or other that were performed more privately, such as epithalamia, oracles, or incantations. This volume deals primarily with the recovery of lost or under-appreciated hexametrical genres, which are often left out of modern taxonomies of archaic hexametrical poetry, either because they survive only in fragments or
because the earliest evidence for them dates to the classical period.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780197552971
- Utgivelsesår
- 2022
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
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«In his ground-breaking book, Chris Faraone conjures up a world of pre-Homeric hexametrical poetry whose existence we did not know of. He shows that the early poets did not only avail themselves of oral epics but also of a number of traditional genres, such as curses, laments and oracles, to embed in their work. With one magisterial stroke, Faraone thus has completely revolutionised our idea of the literary culture of early Greece.»
Jan N. Bremmer, University of Groningen
«Faraone brings an extraordinary command of everything written in (and about) hexameters from the archaic to the Hellenistic periods: major and minor poetry, inscriptions and incisings, incantations, laments, oracles, and ritual prayers, as well as of their accompanying ritual practices. He very carefully reconstructs individual hexameter genres that pre-existed the epics, were put to use within them, and continued to influence the poetic tradition. The result is a significant revision of how we understand Homeric and Hellenistic composition.»
Joel Lidov, City University of New York
«Although primarily directed toward specialists, the tight organization and meticulous argumentation make the book accessible to nonspecialists in related fields.»
P. E. Ojennus, CHOICE
«This is a valuable contribution to the early history of hexametric poetry, in particular, forms with local, occasional, specific, and ritual background.»
Bryn Mawr Classical Review