Lucillio, "Epigrammi": Introduzione, testo critico, traduzione e commento

Lucia Floridi

Published by De Gruyter 2014

Lucillio, "Epigrammi"

Introduzione, testo critico, traduzione e commento

Lucia Floridi

Volume 47 in the series Texte und Kommentare

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110336504

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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.

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Lucia Floridi, Università degli studi di Milano.

Reviews

"Floridi provides an excellent tool for scholars who wish to learn more about Lucillius and about humour in general in antiquity, as well as about e.g. athletics and social categories. This volume provides a much needed foundation on Lucillius, and leads the way for further research on the author and on the skoptic genre."
Cosetta Cadau in: Mnemosyne 1/2016

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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II. Lucillio e l’epigramma scoptico Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
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(Deutsch)

Languages: Italian, Ancient Greek
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: All those interested in Greek literature, especially epigrams.
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 662
Keywords: Greek satire; Lucillius; skoptic epigram

eBook

Published: October 10, 2014
ISBN: 9783110336504

Hardcover

Published: August 27, 2014
ISBN: 9783110336160