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An "Alexandrian" encomiastic epigram in honor of Augustus (Supplementum Hellenisticum 982), "Aevum Antiquum" 11 (1998), 255-344 Contents: 1) Papyrological evidence. Hypothesis on the period and on the circumstances of the composition... more

An "Alexandrian" encomiastic epigram in honor of Augustus (Supplementum Hellenisticum 982), "Aevum Antiquum" 11 (1998), 255-344

Contents:

1. Papyrological evidence. Hypothesis on the period and on the circumstances of the composition of the epigram. [The first known Greek epigram on papyrus with pentameters in eisthesis].
2. Epigram as Encomium and encomiastic ekphrasis. Possible epigraphical destination of SH 982.
3. Encomium as a hymn to the laudandus' divinity.
4. The Text.
5. August as a Zeus Eleutherios/Liberator: the Roman-Egyptian interpretation of the "Basileis soteres" Hellenistic tradition.
6. The Personification present in the epigram: a picture of the "Golden Age".
7. August as Nilotic ruler, bringer of Prosperity.
8. Iconography of the Augustean Apollo: the princeps and the elaboration of his own divine image.
9. Apollo "Actius" and Apollo "Leucadius".
10. Mutual influences of the Greek and Latin encomiastic poetry in the Augustan age: two different ways of expressing the same ideology.
11. Appendix: the documentary texts of the tomos (P.Lond II 256 a, d, e) with translation and commentary.
12. Bibliography.