Hide metadata

dc.date.accessioned2023-01-28T16:05:10Z
dc.date.available2023-01-28T16:05:10Z
dc.date.created2022-07-07T15:54:45Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationBär, Silvio Friedrich . Greek and Roman Epigrammatists in the Later Imperial Period: Ausonius and Palladas in Dialogue with the Classical Past. Greek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity: Form, Tradition, and Context. 2022, 31-50 Cambridge University Press
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10852/99354
dc.description.abstractThe literary epigram is one of the most versatile ancient literary genres, and epigrammatists have often used it as a testing ground for the recollection and construction of their literary past. This chapter compares the corpus of Decimus Magnus Ausonius and Palladas of Alexandria, two eminent representatives of the epigrammatic genre from the later imperial period. Ausonius’ dialogue with the literary past is characterised by a discourse about the value, validity and reliability of classical authors and authorities from the Greek and the Roman world. For this purpose, Ausonius uses various techniques such as the juxtaposition of acknowledged and anonymous sources, the inclusion of ‘fake sources’, and a recurring discussion of Greek versus Roman authorities. In contrast, Palladas constructs a persona of himself which resorts to Greek authorities only and, especially, to Homer. Palladas appropriates Homer and the Homeric epics in order to construct his personal voice, whereas the actual discourse about classical authors and authorities remains comparatively flat and limited as compared to Ausonius.
dc.languageEN
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.titleGreek and Roman Epigrammatists in the Later Imperial Period: Ausonius and Palladas in Dialogue with the Classical Past
dc.title.alternativeENEngelskEnglishGreek and Roman Epigrammatists in the Later Imperial Period: Ausonius and Palladas in Dialogue with the Classical Past
dc.typeChapter
dc.creator.authorBär, Silvio Friedrich
cristin.unitcode185,14,33,30
cristin.unitnameGresk og latin
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextpostprint
dc.identifier.cristin2037613
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitationinfo:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.btitle=Greek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity: Form, Tradition, and Context&rft.spage=31&rft.date=2022
dc.identifier.startpage31
dc.identifier.endpage50
dc.identifier.pagecount302
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009031769.004
dc.type.documentBokkapittel
dc.type.peerreviewedPeer reviewed
dc.source.isbn9781316516058
dc.type.versionAcceptedVersion
cristin.btitleGreek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity: Form, Tradition, and Context


Files in this item

Appears in the following Collection

Hide metadata