Epigram

Epigram

by Livingstone, Niall

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"This is an introduction to the ancient genre of epigram, short poems literally written or inscribed 'on' an object or figuratively 'on' a topic. The authors set out what epigram means and why it matters, exploring its roots in inscriptions on stone and its literary flourishing in the Hellenistic world after Alexander. They further trace its migration from Greece to Rome, where its most famous exponent was Martial, and consider the continuation of Greek epigram under the Roman empire in the so-…

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  • Full title :Epigram / by Niall Livingstone and Gideon Nisbet.

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"This is an introduction to the ancient genre of epigram, short poems literally written or inscribed 'on' an object or figuratively 'on' a topic. The authors set out what epigram means and why it matters, exploring its roots in inscriptions on stone and its literary flourishing in the Hellenistic world after Alexander. They further trace its migration from Greece to Rome, where its most famous exponent was Martial, and consider the continuation of Greek epigram under the Roman empire in the so-called 'Second Sophistic'. The final chapter shows how Greek epigram achieved new importance in the nineteenth century as raw material for stories about the classical past."--Page 4 of cover.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2010.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:180 pages : : facsimile ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780521145701, 0521145708
  • oclc:ocn606139968
  • LC Classification:PA3123
  • Dewey Decimal:888/.0109

Table of Contents

Introduction -- The inscriptional beginnings of literary epigram -- Epigram in the Hellenistic world -- Epigram from Greece to Rome -- Epigram in the Second Sophistic and after -- Ancient epigram in reception.

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Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Electronic book Epigram Epigramm Epigramm -- griechisches Epigramm -- lateinisches Epigrammen Épigrammes grecques -- Histoire et crit… Epigrams, Greek Epigrams, Greek -- History and criticism Greek poetry, Hellenistic Greek poetry, Hellenistic -- History an… Grekisk poesi Griechisch Grieks Hellenisme Klassieke oudheid Latein Latijn Poésie grecque hellénistique -- Histoir…

Writers

Livingstone, Niall Nisbet, Gideon

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