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Papers by Lucia Floridi
QUCC 137 (166), pp. 11-26, 2024
Based on the comparison with some parallel passages (Od. 2, 130; 20, 343, Hymn. Hom. Cer. 19 and ... more Based on the comparison with some parallel passages (Od. 2, 130; 20, 343, Hymn. Hom. Cer. 19 and 72, Sapph. fr. 94, 5 Voigt/Neri), in this contribution I suggest that ἀέκουσα, referring to Briseis in the famous scene of the abductio in the first book of the Iliad, can be interpreted as a
sort of technical term to indicate the state of mind of a woman when she is removed from her family unit for (broadly speaking) nuptial purposes. The valorization of this textual detail allows us to fully appreciate the complexity of Briseis, in whose figure funerary and nuptial symbolism is inextricably linked. This is confirmed by the figurative tradition, where a similar ambiguity can be detected. In particular, I propose to recognize, in some of the visual transpositions of the abductio, the use of the funerary iconography of the farewell in order to represent the Homeric ἀέκουσα.
Call for papers Ἐν Μούσῃσι ἔξοχος. Greek Intellectual Women in Hellenistic and Imperial Age (Bolo... more Call for papers Ἐν Μούσῃσι ἔξοχος. Greek Intellectual Women in Hellenistic and Imperial Age (Bologna, 12-13 June 2025)
[sens public] 15-05-2024, 2024
AP 11.53 appears, in the two main witnesses of the Greek Anthology, P and Pl, as an anonymous cou... more AP 11.53 appears, in the two main witnesses of the Greek Anthology, P and Pl, as an anonymous couplet that, through the image of the early blooming of the rose, invites not to waste the opportunity. The (allegedly) generically existential nature of the couplet has determined its fortune: included in numerous anthologies of the Anthology, the poem has known versions in Latin and various modern languages and has entered by right into school texts, where it has been proposed as food for thought or as a translation exercise. This contribution will illustrate how, behind the apparent neutrality of the floral image, there is a specific reference to the rose as a metaphor for youthful beauty, and in particular puerile beauty, used in pederotic contexts to urge the beloved to bestow his or her graces before it is too late. We will then proceed to carry out some considerations on how the interpretation of an epigram depends both on the reader’s familiarity with motifs and images whose symbolic values, over time, may change, and on the anthological context in which a composition is inserted. Finally, we will show how the editorial history of the Anthology, which tends to privilege the text of the major witnesses, and in particular P, has strongly conditioned the interpretation of the couplet over the centuries, contributing to its misinterpretation (and resemantization): in one of the so-called Minor Sylloges, the Sylloge Parisina, the two verses appear as the close of a four-verse epigram, unequivocally homophilic in nature, traceable to the authority of Alceus of Messene. The valorization of the textual multiplicity of the Anthology, and in particular of the Minor Sylloges, now appears necessary; a digital edition project such as the one currently underway, “Pour une édition numérique collaborative de l’Anthologie grecque”, sponsored by the Canada Research Chair on Digital Textualities, can usefully contribute to this valorization.
In this article I will examine some instances of forgery of the female voice in Classical literat... more In this article I will examine some instances of forgery of the female voice in Classical literature and of the opposite phenomenon: the denial that a literary work was written by a woman, either by modern or ancient critics. I will first review some testimonies pertaining to handbooks περὶ ἀφροδισίων and offer some reflections on the link between women and erotic treatises in the Greco-Roman world; I will then focus on other literary genres, paying similar attention to false attributions and their opposite. My aim is not to assess the reliability of attributions and disattributions. For this purpose, much more space would be needed, and no generalisation would be possible: each case would have to be treated on its own. Rather, I intend to reflect on the dynamics of attribution and disattribution of female authorship and what they reveal about the intellectual space assigned to women in the ancient world.
R. Cantore-F. Montemurro-C. Telesca (edd.), Mira varietas lectionum, Potenza, pp. 131-149, 2021
«AevAnt» 22, pp. 71-85, 2022
M. Kanellou, C. Carey (eds.), Palladas and the Yale Papyrus Codex (P.CtYBR inv. 4000), Brill, Leiden-Boston, pp. 21-29, 2022
E. Bathrellou-M.M. Di Nino (eds.), Munere mortis. Studies in Greek literature in memory of Colin Austin, Cambridge Classical Journal Supplement, Cambridge, pp. 153-195, 2022
G. Zanetto (ed.), Delfi e Apollo nella letteratura greca, Pisa-Roma, pp. 169-185, 2022
Hyacinthus, Myron’s Discobolus and the Gaze of a Sophist. Philostratus, Im. i 24 · The aim of the... more Hyacinthus, Myron’s Discobolus and the Gaze of a Sophist. Philostratus, Im. i 24 · The aim of the present paper is to show, through an analysis of Philostratus, Im. i 24 (Hyacinthus), how the author does not limit himself to explaining to his young audience the subjects of the paintings of his picture gallery, but also aims to educate their taste and to suggest judgement criteria, that do not only concern the visual dimension, but also the rhetoric and literary ones. In the case of Hyacinthus, Philostratus focuses on the most unlikely aspects of its myth; he then takes part in the critical debate about the limits of plastic arts, focusing, in particular, on Myron – the famous sculptor whose masterpiece, the Discobolus, is evoked, although not explicitly mentioned.
The analysis will also represent an occasion to focus on a particularly problematic textual passage, from which, in the past, it was believed it was possible to derive technical information to establish the rules for discus throw at the first modern Olympic games. The passage will provide an occasion to highlight how the nature itself of Philostratus’ work, that draws on the visual culture of his time and ‘ekphrastically’ elicits, through ἐνάργεια, vividness, the visual imagination of his audience, favoured a tendence to interpret Philostratus’ γραφαί based on images rather than on the text itself.
A. Capra-L. Floridi (eds.), Intervisuality. New Approaches to Greek Literature, Berlin-Boston, pp. 235-254, 2023
This chapter analyses Lucian’s Dialogues of the Sea Gods 15, Zephyr and Notus, centred on the myt... more This chapter analyses Lucian’s Dialogues of the Sea Gods 15, Zephyr
and Notus, centred on the myth of Europa’s abduction by Zeus disguised as a bull, in order to clarify its relationship to both previous literary treatments of the subject and the visual arts. It is noted that Lucian not only shares several narrative details with Moschus’ Europa – the most complete extant account of the Europa myth – but also adopts the same literary strategy. Both authors narrate the story through a series of pictorial vignettes, drawing upon the visual arts, so that the story is presented as a series of ekphrastic tableaux, although neither Moschus nor Lucian present them as actual descriptions of works of art. However, Moschus’ descriptions are long and detailed, while Lucian’s are shorter and impressionistic. It is argued that this difference is mostly due to an aesthetic choice. Lucian combines enargeia (‘vividness’) with allusiveness, fully exploiting the potential of his audience’s visual memory and leaving them free to visualise the rhetor’s verbal depiction as they prefer. The readers/listeners are thus afforded the pleasure of integrating the author’s words with their own knowledge. The readers are actively involved in shaping their own mental images, drawing upon their personal literary knowledge, visual memory, and expertise in the visual arts.
V. Dasen-M. Vespa (eds.), Toys as Cultural Artefacts in Ancient Greece, Etruria and Rome, Dremil-Lafage, pp. 65-76, 2022
This paper aims to investigate the use of the term ἄθυρμα in erotic contexts. Particular attentio... more This paper aims to investigate the use of the term ἄθυρμα in erotic contexts. Particular attention is paid to its application to human beings, and especially to young slaves, to better understand the relationship between the meaning of ‘toy’ and that of ‘erotic object’
«Paideia» 77, pp. 141-156, 2022
Among the (few) skoptic epigrams on ethnic stereotypes included in AP 11, and addressed against a... more Among the (few) skoptic epigrams on ethnic stereotypes included in AP 11, and addressed against a variety of populations, three poems concern Cappadocians: AP 11,237, AP 11,238 and AP 11,436. Through an analysis of the content of the epigrams, and of the themes on which the satire is based, this paper aims to offer an approximate terminus post quem for their date of composition, which involves – at least in the case of AP 11,237 and AP 11,238 – rejecting the authenticity of the authorial lemmata that accompany these poems in the Anthology.
A.-M. Favreau-Linder, S. Lalanne, J-L. Vix (éd.), Passeurs de culture : études sur la transmission de la culture grecque dans le monde romain des Ier-IVe siècles après J.-C., Turnhout, pp. 349-364, 2022
«Prometheus» 48, pp. 54-67, 2022
Discussion of the textual variant δύσερως instead of τλήμων in ‘Plato’ AP 5.78.2 = FGE 589, prese... more Discussion of the textual variant δύσερως instead of τλήμων in ‘Plato’ AP 5.78.2 = FGE 589, preserved by the Sylloge Parisina.
ACME, 2018
L’articolo intende chiarire le strategie selettive adottate da Luciano nella sua rivisitazione de... more L’articolo intende chiarire le strategie selettive adottate da Luciano nella sua rivisitazione del mito di Alfeo e Aretusa in DMar. 3 e precisare il valore delle assenze: alcuni dettagli della tradizione, pur non presenti nel testo, compaiono infatti in filigrana, suggerendo l’ironica presa di distanza dell’autore dagli aspetti piu inverosimili e paradossali del mito, conformemente alla sua tendenza a dubitare di ogni dogmatismo e di ogni verita consacrata.
The similarities between skoptic epigram and popular joke literature are revealed in their common... more The similarities between skoptic epigram and popular joke literature are revealed in their common themes and in their structure, which suggests the existence of a shared comic scheme.
‘Speaking Names, Variant Readings, and Textual Revision in Greek epigrams’, «IFC» 19, 2019-2020, pp. 135-156, 2021
QUCC 137 (166), pp. 11-26, 2024
Based on the comparison with some parallel passages (Od. 2, 130; 20, 343, Hymn. Hom. Cer. 19 and ... more Based on the comparison with some parallel passages (Od. 2, 130; 20, 343, Hymn. Hom. Cer. 19 and 72, Sapph. fr. 94, 5 Voigt/Neri), in this contribution I suggest that ἀέκουσα, referring to Briseis in the famous scene of the abductio in the first book of the Iliad, can be interpreted as a
sort of technical term to indicate the state of mind of a woman when she is removed from her family unit for (broadly speaking) nuptial purposes. The valorization of this textual detail allows us to fully appreciate the complexity of Briseis, in whose figure funerary and nuptial symbolism is inextricably linked. This is confirmed by the figurative tradition, where a similar ambiguity can be detected. In particular, I propose to recognize, in some of the visual transpositions of the abductio, the use of the funerary iconography of the farewell in order to represent the Homeric ἀέκουσα.
Call for papers Ἐν Μούσῃσι ἔξοχος. Greek Intellectual Women in Hellenistic and Imperial Age (Bolo... more Call for papers Ἐν Μούσῃσι ἔξοχος. Greek Intellectual Women in Hellenistic and Imperial Age (Bologna, 12-13 June 2025)
[sens public] 15-05-2024, 2024
AP 11.53 appears, in the two main witnesses of the Greek Anthology, P and Pl, as an anonymous cou... more AP 11.53 appears, in the two main witnesses of the Greek Anthology, P and Pl, as an anonymous couplet that, through the image of the early blooming of the rose, invites not to waste the opportunity. The (allegedly) generically existential nature of the couplet has determined its fortune: included in numerous anthologies of the Anthology, the poem has known versions in Latin and various modern languages and has entered by right into school texts, where it has been proposed as food for thought or as a translation exercise. This contribution will illustrate how, behind the apparent neutrality of the floral image, there is a specific reference to the rose as a metaphor for youthful beauty, and in particular puerile beauty, used in pederotic contexts to urge the beloved to bestow his or her graces before it is too late. We will then proceed to carry out some considerations on how the interpretation of an epigram depends both on the reader’s familiarity with motifs and images whose symbolic values, over time, may change, and on the anthological context in which a composition is inserted. Finally, we will show how the editorial history of the Anthology, which tends to privilege the text of the major witnesses, and in particular P, has strongly conditioned the interpretation of the couplet over the centuries, contributing to its misinterpretation (and resemantization): in one of the so-called Minor Sylloges, the Sylloge Parisina, the two verses appear as the close of a four-verse epigram, unequivocally homophilic in nature, traceable to the authority of Alceus of Messene. The valorization of the textual multiplicity of the Anthology, and in particular of the Minor Sylloges, now appears necessary; a digital edition project such as the one currently underway, “Pour une édition numérique collaborative de l’Anthologie grecque”, sponsored by the Canada Research Chair on Digital Textualities, can usefully contribute to this valorization.
In this article I will examine some instances of forgery of the female voice in Classical literat... more In this article I will examine some instances of forgery of the female voice in Classical literature and of the opposite phenomenon: the denial that a literary work was written by a woman, either by modern or ancient critics. I will first review some testimonies pertaining to handbooks περὶ ἀφροδισίων and offer some reflections on the link between women and erotic treatises in the Greco-Roman world; I will then focus on other literary genres, paying similar attention to false attributions and their opposite. My aim is not to assess the reliability of attributions and disattributions. For this purpose, much more space would be needed, and no generalisation would be possible: each case would have to be treated on its own. Rather, I intend to reflect on the dynamics of attribution and disattribution of female authorship and what they reveal about the intellectual space assigned to women in the ancient world.
R. Cantore-F. Montemurro-C. Telesca (edd.), Mira varietas lectionum, Potenza, pp. 131-149, 2021
«AevAnt» 22, pp. 71-85, 2022
M. Kanellou, C. Carey (eds.), Palladas and the Yale Papyrus Codex (P.CtYBR inv. 4000), Brill, Leiden-Boston, pp. 21-29, 2022
E. Bathrellou-M.M. Di Nino (eds.), Munere mortis. Studies in Greek literature in memory of Colin Austin, Cambridge Classical Journal Supplement, Cambridge, pp. 153-195, 2022
G. Zanetto (ed.), Delfi e Apollo nella letteratura greca, Pisa-Roma, pp. 169-185, 2022
Hyacinthus, Myron’s Discobolus and the Gaze of a Sophist. Philostratus, Im. i 24 · The aim of the... more Hyacinthus, Myron’s Discobolus and the Gaze of a Sophist. Philostratus, Im. i 24 · The aim of the present paper is to show, through an analysis of Philostratus, Im. i 24 (Hyacinthus), how the author does not limit himself to explaining to his young audience the subjects of the paintings of his picture gallery, but also aims to educate their taste and to suggest judgement criteria, that do not only concern the visual dimension, but also the rhetoric and literary ones. In the case of Hyacinthus, Philostratus focuses on the most unlikely aspects of its myth; he then takes part in the critical debate about the limits of plastic arts, focusing, in particular, on Myron – the famous sculptor whose masterpiece, the Discobolus, is evoked, although not explicitly mentioned.
The analysis will also represent an occasion to focus on a particularly problematic textual passage, from which, in the past, it was believed it was possible to derive technical information to establish the rules for discus throw at the first modern Olympic games. The passage will provide an occasion to highlight how the nature itself of Philostratus’ work, that draws on the visual culture of his time and ‘ekphrastically’ elicits, through ἐνάργεια, vividness, the visual imagination of his audience, favoured a tendence to interpret Philostratus’ γραφαί based on images rather than on the text itself.
A. Capra-L. Floridi (eds.), Intervisuality. New Approaches to Greek Literature, Berlin-Boston, pp. 235-254, 2023
This chapter analyses Lucian’s Dialogues of the Sea Gods 15, Zephyr and Notus, centred on the myt... more This chapter analyses Lucian’s Dialogues of the Sea Gods 15, Zephyr
and Notus, centred on the myth of Europa’s abduction by Zeus disguised as a bull, in order to clarify its relationship to both previous literary treatments of the subject and the visual arts. It is noted that Lucian not only shares several narrative details with Moschus’ Europa – the most complete extant account of the Europa myth – but also adopts the same literary strategy. Both authors narrate the story through a series of pictorial vignettes, drawing upon the visual arts, so that the story is presented as a series of ekphrastic tableaux, although neither Moschus nor Lucian present them as actual descriptions of works of art. However, Moschus’ descriptions are long and detailed, while Lucian’s are shorter and impressionistic. It is argued that this difference is mostly due to an aesthetic choice. Lucian combines enargeia (‘vividness’) with allusiveness, fully exploiting the potential of his audience’s visual memory and leaving them free to visualise the rhetor’s verbal depiction as they prefer. The readers/listeners are thus afforded the pleasure of integrating the author’s words with their own knowledge. The readers are actively involved in shaping their own mental images, drawing upon their personal literary knowledge, visual memory, and expertise in the visual arts.
V. Dasen-M. Vespa (eds.), Toys as Cultural Artefacts in Ancient Greece, Etruria and Rome, Dremil-Lafage, pp. 65-76, 2022
This paper aims to investigate the use of the term ἄθυρμα in erotic contexts. Particular attentio... more This paper aims to investigate the use of the term ἄθυρμα in erotic contexts. Particular attention is paid to its application to human beings, and especially to young slaves, to better understand the relationship between the meaning of ‘toy’ and that of ‘erotic object’
«Paideia» 77, pp. 141-156, 2022
Among the (few) skoptic epigrams on ethnic stereotypes included in AP 11, and addressed against a... more Among the (few) skoptic epigrams on ethnic stereotypes included in AP 11, and addressed against a variety of populations, three poems concern Cappadocians: AP 11,237, AP 11,238 and AP 11,436. Through an analysis of the content of the epigrams, and of the themes on which the satire is based, this paper aims to offer an approximate terminus post quem for their date of composition, which involves – at least in the case of AP 11,237 and AP 11,238 – rejecting the authenticity of the authorial lemmata that accompany these poems in the Anthology.
A.-M. Favreau-Linder, S. Lalanne, J-L. Vix (éd.), Passeurs de culture : études sur la transmission de la culture grecque dans le monde romain des Ier-IVe siècles après J.-C., Turnhout, pp. 349-364, 2022
«Prometheus» 48, pp. 54-67, 2022
Discussion of the textual variant δύσερως instead of τλήμων in ‘Plato’ AP 5.78.2 = FGE 589, prese... more Discussion of the textual variant δύσερως instead of τλήμων in ‘Plato’ AP 5.78.2 = FGE 589, preserved by the Sylloge Parisina.
ACME, 2018
L’articolo intende chiarire le strategie selettive adottate da Luciano nella sua rivisitazione de... more L’articolo intende chiarire le strategie selettive adottate da Luciano nella sua rivisitazione del mito di Alfeo e Aretusa in DMar. 3 e precisare il valore delle assenze: alcuni dettagli della tradizione, pur non presenti nel testo, compaiono infatti in filigrana, suggerendo l’ironica presa di distanza dell’autore dagli aspetti piu inverosimili e paradossali del mito, conformemente alla sua tendenza a dubitare di ogni dogmatismo e di ogni verita consacrata.
The similarities between skoptic epigram and popular joke literature are revealed in their common... more The similarities between skoptic epigram and popular joke literature are revealed in their common themes and in their structure, which suggests the existence of a shared comic scheme.
‘Speaking Names, Variant Readings, and Textual Revision in Greek epigrams’, «IFC» 19, 2019-2020, pp. 135-156, 2021
«Révue de philologie» 92.1, 126-132, 2018
Rec. volume P. Linant de Bellefonds-E. Prioux, Voir les mythes. Poésie hellénistique et arts figu... more Rec. volume P. Linant de Bellefonds-E. Prioux, Voir les mythes. Poésie hellénistique et arts figurés, avec la collaboration de Christophe Cusset et Claude Pouzadoux, Antiqua, 18, Paris, Picard, 2017, «Révue de philologie» 92.1, 2018, 126-132
«Athenaeum» 109.2, pp. 679-684, 2021
Recensione di S. Kaczko, Archaic and Classical Attic Dedicatory Epigrams: An Epigraphic, Literary... more Recensione di S. Kaczko, Archaic and Classical Attic Dedicatory Epigrams: An Epigraphic, Literary and Linguistic Commentary, ‘Trends in Classics – supplementary Volumes’, 33, Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter 2016, «Athenaeum» 109.2, 2021, pp. 679-684
«ByzRev» 04.2022.021, pp. 134-142, 2022
Rec. volume Antología Palatina. Libros XIII, XIV, XV (Epigramas variados), Introducciόn, ediciόn ... more Rec. volume Antología Palatina. Libros XIII, XIV, XV (Epigramas variados), Introducciόn, ediciόn y traducciόn de Begoña Ortega Villaro y María Teresa Amado Rodríguez, Madrid 2021
Recensione del volume D. Sider, Epigrams and Elegies: Edited with Introduction, Translation, and ... more Recensione del volume D. Sider, Epigrams and Elegies: Edited with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary by, Oxford: OUP 2019
Recensione di M. González González, Funerary Epigrams of Ancient Greece. Reflections on Literatur... more Recensione di M. González González, Funerary Epigrams of Ancient Greece. Reflections on Literature, Society and Religion. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019, 213, «Eikasmós» 33, 2022, pp. 373-377
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ISBN/EAN: 9788855536431, 2024
Anche se le è riservato un numero limitato di versi, Briseide, nell’Iliade, svolge un’importante ... more Anche se le è riservato un numero limitato di versi, Briseide, nell’Iliade, svolge un’importante funzione narrativa. Non solo il suo rapimento da parte di Agamennone è la causa scatenante del ritiro di Achille dalla battaglia, ma a questa figura femminile, sola tra le silenti schiave dell’epos, è affidata la parola per intonare il lamento funebre sul corpo di Patroclo, un ruolo che di solito spetta alle donne della famiglia. E alcune incongruenze all’interno del poema lasciano intravedere, dietro le pieghe della narrazione omerica, le tracce di un passato “pre-iliadico” in cui Briseide doveva avere un ruolo e un’identità ben più articolati di quanto l’Iliade non lasci intendere. Dopo Omero, la sua presenza non è massiccia, ma è costante nel tempo: da Bacchilide all’elegia latina, da Quinto di Smirne alle riscritture della materia troiana per tutto il Medioevo e oltre, e ancora nei
secoli successivi, in poesia e nelle arti figurative, nel teatro e nel cinema. Ma se Briseide è stata a lungo, in definitiva, un personaggio secondario, in tempi recenti, complice il fenomeno del retelling femminile del mito, questa figura è uscita definitivamente dal cono d’ombra proiettato su di lei
da Achille: compare in uno dei più eclatanti casi editoriali degli ultimi anni, La canzone di Achille di Madeline Miller, e in numerose altre riscritture, come Il silenzio delle ragazze e Il pianto delle Troiane di Pat Barker.
Passando in rassegna un’ampia varietà di fonti, questo volume tenta per la prima volta di tracciare la storia di Briseide e delle sue metamorfosi nel tempo, da Omero a oggi.
TuK 72, De Gruyter, 2023
Il Περὶ ἑπτὰ θεαμάτων è l’unico trattato sulle sette meraviglie che ci sia giunto dall’antichità.... more Il Περὶ ἑπτὰ θεαμάτων è l’unico trattato sulle sette meraviglie che ci sia giunto dall’antichità. Il solo testimone che ne tramanda il testo – il Pal. Gr. 398, celebre testimone appartenente alla cosiddetta "collezione filosofica" – lo attribuisce all’ingenere ellenistico Filone di Bisanzio, attivo fra la metà e la fine del III sec. a.C. Tale attribuzione ha accresciuto, fin dal XVII sec., fama e autorità del trattatello. Tutto indica, tuttavia, che l’autore debba essere considerato tardo-antico, se non addirittura proto-bizantino.
Questo volume offre la prima edizione critica del Περὶ ἑπτὰ θεαμάτων, corredata di traduzione, e preceduta da un’ampia introduzione che esplora la tradizione letteraria di cui l’autore si è nutrito, nonché le sorti testuali, il genere, la lingua e lo stile del trattatello, per arrivare a un’ipotesi di datazione. A ciascuna delle meraviglie descritte dall’autore sono inoltre dedicati approfondimenti di carattere storico e letterario, utili a far emergere le peculiarità della prospettiva adottata dallo Pseudo-Filone, e – in alcuni casi – a individuarne le probabili o sicure fonti. A corredo e giustificazione del testo è offerta una discussione dei passi più problematici sotto il profilo esegetico e critico-testuale.
Conclude il volume la traduzione latina, sinora inedita, di Lukas Holste (1596-1661).
This is the first modern commentary devoted exclusively to the poems of Hedylus, one of the most ... more This is the first modern commentary devoted exclusively to the poems of Hedylus, one of the most important representatives of Greek epigram in a crucial phase of the development of the genre. Although only a few of Hedylus poems survive, he helped shape the genre of literary epigram. His influence is comparable to that of his roughly contemporaries Posidippus of Pella and Asclepiades of Samos, with whom he is associated by Meleager of Gadara in the proem to his Garland.
The volume contains an extensive introduction, a new critical text, a translation, and a full literary and philological commentary. Each epigram is preceded by an essay. Particular attention is paid to the different branches of transmission, in order to understand why so few of Hedylus' epigrams survive via the Greek Anthology, while most of his poems are transmitted by Athenaeus in his Deipnosophistai. The commentary is followed by an Auctarium Lectionum, an Appendix Coniecturarum, an Index verborum, an Index locorum, and an Index nominum et rerum notabilium.
With its insights into literary Hellenistic epigram in an important phase of its development, this book represents an important tool for all those interested in epigram and Hellenistic literature in general.
Aims and Scope This is the first modern commentary devoted exclusively to the epigrams of Lucill... more Aims and Scope
This is the first modern commentary devoted exclusively to the epigrams of Lucillius, a prolific Neronian poet who, in spite of being one of the most significant representatives of the Greek satirical epigram, has primarily been studied not for his own value, but for the influence he had on Martial. About 140 epigrams of his survive, mostly in book XI of the Anthology.
The volume contains an extensive introduction, a new critical text and translation, and a full literary and philological commentary.
While the body of the commentary focuses on the particular, providing literary readings of individual epigrams and a line-by-line linguistic, philological, and stylistic analysis, the introduction deals with Lucillius’s identity, the tradition of the text, style, themes, metrics, and cultural setting, and additionally investigates the origins and development of Greek skoptic epigram.
Particular attention is paid to the way in which Lucillius engages with the conventions of the genre, often overturning the reader’s expectations. In this way, the work explores the paradox inherent to the fact that a poetic form that was by its nature eulogistic (inscriptional epigrams were born in order to record, and thus celebrate, the dedication of an object or the death of a man) ultimately became the genre of mockery and abuse.
http://www.edatlas.it/it/catalogo/secondo-grado/italiano/il-caff%C3%A8-letterario-18352
Literature and intervisuality in Greece and Rome (II) - International Conference, Milan, 12-13 Ju... more Literature and intervisuality in Greece and Rome (II) - International Conference, Milan, 12-13 June 2018
Giornate di Studio "Giochi e giocattoli: parole, oggetti e immaginario" (Milano, 19-20 marzo 2018)
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![Research paper thumbnail of Giochi e gioccattoli: parole, oggetti e immaginario [Games and toys: Words, objects, and the imaginary]. An upcoming two-day conference, Università degli Studi di Milano, March 2018.](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/55762536/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](This fascinating conference in Milan will bring together philologists and archaeologists, literar... more This fascinating conference in Milan will bring together philologists and archaeologists, literary scholars and cultural theorists, to discuss important aspects of the history of toys and games in human civilization. Play has been a defining factor of our collective existence since the very dawn of humanity, perhaps even more than work. From children's dolls to chess and poker, from riddles to crosswords and sudoku, from the playground to the symposium and the casino, from the hunger games to the game of thrones, playfulness and the ludic traverse all periods of history, ages of life, and strata of society. Art itself can be (or should be) seen as the most exquisite and refined form of game ever invented by humanity. Man is the species of homo ludens; but God is the supreme player in the universe, whether He plays checkers (Heraclitus) or dice (Einstein).
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