Simonides the Poet: Intertextuality and Reception

ISBN-13: 9781107141704 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 318 str.

Richard Rawles

Opis

Groundbreaking study of the poet Simonides, approaching his work through intertextual readings of the fragments and his ancient reception.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Simonides and the Poets of the Past: 1. Epic traditions in lyric songs; 2. The 'new Simonides': Homeric and Elegiac transformations; Part II. Simonidea: Simonides Through Ancient Receptions: 3. Pindar, Simonides and money: Pindar's Isthmian 2; 4. Simonides and wealth: a critical description of the tradition; 5. From stories to songs: Simonides êßìâéî in the fragments; 6. Simonides, history and êëÝïò: Theocritus' Charites or Hieron. Conclusion.