The Paradigm of Simias: Essays on Poetic Eccentricity by Jan Kwapisz (English) H

Description: The Paradigm of Simias by Jan Kwapisz This book is a contribution to the scholarship on the reception of Hellenistic poetry and to the study of ancient technopaegnia (i.e. playful poetry) and their lasting influence on European culture. The volume discusses the Hellenistic scholar FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This books concern is with notoriously obscure ancient poets-riddlers, whom it argues to have been an essential, albeit necessarily marginal, element of the literary landscape of Antiquity, which, in addition, exerted subtle yet lasting influence on European culture. The three first essays in this book trace a direct line of influence between the early Hellenistic scholar-poet Simias of Rhodes, the late Republican Roman experimentalist Laevius and Constantine the Greats virtuoso panegyrist Optatian Porfyry, whereas the fourth essay discusses the preservation and transformation of the model invented by Simias in Byzantium. The Appendix reflects on the triumph of this intellectual paradigm in Neo-Latin Jesuit education by investigating the case of a peripheral yet highly influential Central European college at the turn of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This book is at once a contribution to the scholarship on the reception of Hellenistic poetry and to the study of ancient technopaegnia (i.e. playful poetry) and their cultural influence in Antiquity, Byzantium and post-mediaeval Europe. Author Biography Jan Kwapisz, University of Warsaw, Poland. Review "K.s Studie, die von einer Einleitung (1-16) sowie einer Bibliographie (167-180)und nÜtzlichen Indices (181-193) flankiertwird, ist fÜr ihren weit ausgreifendenAnsatz bei gleichzeitiger Konzentrationauf das Wesentliche sowie philologischerund textkritischer Liebe zum Detail zuloben. Dass es sich um ein weniger alszweihundert Seiten langes Buch handelt, trägt in positiver Weise dazu bei, dass eineVon-vorne-bis-hinten-LektÜre problemlosmöglich ist." Silvio Bär in: Gnomon 7/2021, 654-656. Long Description This books concern is with notoriously obscure ancient poets-riddlers, whom it argues to have been an essential, albeit necessarily marginal, element of the literary landscape of Antiquity, which, in addition, exerted subtle yet lasting influence on European culture. The three first essays in this book trace a direct line of influence between the early Hellenistic scholar-poet Simias of Rhodes, the late Republican Roman experimentalist Laevius and Constantine the Greats virtuoso panegyrist Optatian Porfyry, whereas the fourth essay discusses the preservation and transformation of the model invented by Simias in Byzantium. The Appendix reflects on the triumph of this intellectual paradigm in Neo-Latin Jesuit education by investigating the case of a peripheral yet highly influential Central European college at the turn of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This book is at once a contribution to the scholarship on the reception of Hellenistic poetry and to the study of ancient technopaegnia (i.e. playful poetry) and their cultural influence in Antiquity, Byzantium and post-mediaeval Europe. Details ISBN3110635933 Author Jan Kwapisz Pages 203 Series Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Year 2019 ISBN-10 3110635933 ISBN-13 9783110635935 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2019-02-19 Subtitle Essays on Poetic Eccentricity Place of Publication Berlin Country of Publication Germany Publisher De Gruyter Imprint De Gruyter Short Title The Paradigm of Simias Language English Series Number 75 UK Release Date 2019-02-19 Alternative 9783110636048 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:126676590;

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