Dracontius Orestes

Author : Paul Roche
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000820843

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Dracontius’ Orestes by Paul Roche Pdf

This is the first English translation of Dracontius’ Orestes, a Latin poem from Vandal North Africa that tells the mythic story of the cycle of murder and vengeance suffered by the family of Agamemnon. This book provides the reader with a highly accurate and readable English translation of the Orestes, which is accessible for both scholarly and non-scholarly readers; it is accompanied by a full introduction and notes. The introduction discusses the literary, educational and rhetorical culture of Vandal North Africa, as well as the most important literary aspects of the Orestes including its major themes, the main literary influences upon it and its structure and style. Roche also includes a biography of Dracontius and examines the Orestes’ relationship to his other poetry, to his Christianity and to the Vandals. The notes explain all important allusions to earlier literature, they highlight themes and issues raised by each section of the poem, and they provide a comprehensive overview of each section of the work so that all readers can understand and appreciate the Orestes against the backdrop of ancient and late-antique literature. Dracontius’ Orestes is of interest to students and scholars of ancient literature, especially the Latin poetry of late antiquity, ancient epics, the reception of tragedy and comparative literature. It is also suitable for scholars of late antiquity and the general reader interested in the ancient world more broadly.

Author : Blossius Aemilius Dracontius
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1003227783

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Dracontius' Orestes by Blossius Aemilius Dracontius Pdf

"This is the first English translation of Dracontius' Orestes: a Latin poem from Vandal North Africa that tells the mythic story of the cycle of murder and vengeance suffered by the family of Agamemnon. This book provides the reader with a highly accurate and readable English translation of the Orestes, which is accessible for both scholarly and non-scholarly readers; it is accompanied by a full introduction and notes. The introduction discusses the literary, educational, and rhetorical culture of Vandal North Africa, as well as the most important literary aspects of the Orestes including its major themes, the main literary influences upon it, its structure, and style. Roche also includes a biography of Dracontius and examines the Orestes' relationship to his other poetry, his Christianity, and to the Vandals. The notes explain all important allusions to earlier literature; they highlight themes and issues raised by each section of the poem; and they provide a comprehensive overview of each section of the work so that all readers can understand and appreciate the Orestes against the backdrop of ancient and late-antique literature. Dracontius' Orestes is of interest to students and scholars of ancient literature, especially the Latin poetry of late antiquity, ancient epic, the reception of tragedy and comparative literature. It is also suitable for scholars of late antiquity and the general reader interested in the ancient world more broadly"--

Author : Anna Maria Wasyl
Publisher : Wydawnictwo UJ
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788323330899

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Genres Rediscovered by Anna Maria Wasyl Pdf

A reader of the epyllion by Dracontius, the elegy by Maximianus, and the epigram by Luxorius should not expect that these works--and these new embodiments of the 'old' genres--will be wholly identical with their 'archetypes'. Were it so, it would mean that we read but second-rate versifiers, indeed. We may expect rather that thanks to the reading of Dracontius's epyllion, Maximianus's elegy, and Luxorius's epigram our understanding of these very genres may become fuller and deeper than if it was narrowed only to the study of the 'classical phase' of the Roman literature. Therefore, I have decided to employ in the title of my book the expression genres rediscovered. I have found it fair to emphasize that the poets whose works have been studied here merit appreciation for their creativity, and indeed courage, in reusing and reinterpreting the classical--and truly classic--literary heritage. In addition, I have found it similarly fair to stress that for the students of Latin literature the borderline between the 'classical' and the 'post-classical' is, and should be, flexible. It is not my intention of course to imply that aesthetic and poetological differences should be ignored or blurred. Quite the reverse, these differences are profound and multidimensional and as such must be properly understood and explained. The main issue is the fact that studies of Latin literature--or rather of literature in general - and especially generic studies require a proper, i.e. diachronic, perspective. A description of a certain genre based merely on its most important or generally known representative/representatives will always risk becoming incomplete and limited. In genology, one must be utterly prudent in defining the 'main' and the 'marginal', the 'relevant' and the 'negligible'. In this sense, an insight into a few genres practiced by some 'classical'--and classic--Roman poets from the perspective of their 'post-classical' followers may be, also for a genologist, an intriguing rediscovery.

Author : Blossius Aemilius Dracontius,Karl Schenkl
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019741600

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Orestis Tragoedia by Blossius Aemilius Dracontius,Karl Schenkl Pdf

This book is a classic tragedy by the ancient Roman poet Blossius Aemilius Dracontius, recounting the story of Orestes and the ancient curse that plagues his family. The book offers a stirring and profound exploration of themes like family, honor, revenge, and fate, making it an enduring literary masterpiece that still resonates today. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Danuta Shanzer,MARTIANUS CAPELLA DE NUPTIIS PHILOLOGIAE ET MERCUR,Martianus (Capella.)
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0520097165

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A Philosophical and Literary Commentary on Martianus Capella's De Nuptiis Philologiae Et Mercurii by Danuta Shanzer,MARTIANUS CAPELLA DE NUPTIIS PHILOLOGIAE ET MERCUR,Martianus (Capella.) Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Muir Tyler
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781442640726

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England in Europe by Elizabeth Muir Tyler Pdf

Author : Michael Lapidge
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198811367

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The Roman Martyrs by Michael Lapidge Pdf

The Roman Martyrs contains translations of forty Latin passiones of saints who were martyred in Rome or its near environs, during the period before the peace of the Church (c. 312). Some of the Roman martyrs are universally known-SS. Agnes, Sebastian or Laurence, for example-but others are scarcely recognized outside the ecclesiastical landscape of Rome itself. Each of the translated passiones is accompanied by an individual introduction and commentary; the translations are preceded by an Introduction which describes the principal features of this little-known genre of Christian literature, and are followed by five Appendices which present translated texts which are essential for understanding the cult of Roman martyrs. This volume offers the first collection of the Roman passiones martyrum translated into a modern language. They were mostly composed during the period 425-675, by anonymous authors who were presumably clerics of the Roman churches or cemeteries which housed the martyrs' remains. It is clear that they were composed in response to the explosion of pilgrim traffic to martyrial shrines from the late fourth century onwards, at a time when authentic records (protocols) of their trials and executions had long since vanished, and the authors of the passiones were obliged to imagine the circumstances in which martyrs were tried and executed. The passiones are works of fiction; and because they abound in ludicrous errors of chronology, they have been largely ignored by historians of the early Church. Although they cannot be used as evidence for the original martyrdoms, they nevertheless allow a fascinating glimpse of the concerns which animated Christians during the period in question: for example, the preservation of virginity, or the ever-present threat posed by pagan practices. As certain aspects of Roman life will have changed little between the second century and the fifth, the passiones shed valuable light on many aspects of Roman society, not least the nature of a trial before an urban prefect, and the horrendous tortures which were a central feature of such trials. The passiones are an indispensable resource for understanding the topography of late antique Rome and its environs, as they characteristically contain detailed reference to the places where the martyrs were tried, executed, and buried.

Author : Miroslav Marcovich
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004086005

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Alcestis Barcinonensis by Miroslav Marcovich Pdf

Author : S. P. Oakley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780198848738

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Studies on the Transmission of Latin Texts by S. P. Oakley Pdf

This volumes offers a study of all known manuscripts and incunabular editions of four classical texts: Vitruvius' De architectura, Cato's De agri cultura, Varro's De re rustica, Porphyrio's Commentary on Horace, and Priscian's Periegesis. The total number of witnesses involved comes to over 200; many of the manuscripts were produced in France or Italy, but English, German, Polish, and Swiss manuscripts also feature. For each text, the genealogical affiliations of its manuscript copies are determined (in many cases for the first time), as is the manner in which each was dispersed throughout medieval Europe and transmitted from antiquity through the Middle Ages to the first printed editions. S. P. Oakley shows that clear and decisive results can be achieved by application of the so-called stemmatic method and establishes which manuscripts future editors should use in editing these texts. Manuscripts that are not needed by future editors are discussed as fully as those that are, and many localizations and derivations are established. The result is a detailed study that deepens knowledge of the transmission of classical Latin texts, especially in the Renaissance, of scribal practice, and of techniques that can be deployed in the genealogical study of manuscripts and incunables.

Author : Andy Orchard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1994-04-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521450904

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The Poetic Art of Aldhelm by Andy Orchard Pdf

Aldhelm of Malmesbury has been described as 'the first English man of letters'. He was the first Germanic author to compose extensively in Latin metrical verse, and his Latin works were amongst the most influential in Anglo-Saxon England. Aldhelm can also be considered the best-read of Anglo-Saxon poets, in both senses of the phrase: he read most and was most read. In this first book-length study of Aldhelm's poetic art Andy Orchard traces the sources and models for Aldhelm's idiosyncratic style, as well as the nature and extent of his influence on later Anglo-Latin verse. Aldhelm's innovations in Latin verse technique are emphasized, in particular his special debt to the specific techniques of Old English vernacular verse.

Author : Jacob Wackernagel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1005 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198153023

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Jacob Wackernagel, Lectures on Syntax by Jacob Wackernagel Pdf

This comprehensively annotated English edition of two series of lectures by the linguist and classical philologist Jacob Wackernagel offers an introduction not only to Greek, Latin, and comparative syntax but also to many topics in the history and pre-history of Greek and Latin, and their relations with other languages.

Author : David Langslow
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780191606755

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Jacob Wackernagel, Lectures on Syntax by David Langslow Pdf

This book is an English version of two series of highly acclaimed introductory lectures given by the great Swiss linguist and classical philologist Jacob Wackernagel (1853-1938) at the University of Basle in 1918-19 on aspects of Greek, Latin, and German as languages. Out of print in German since 1996, these lectures remain the best available introduction, in any language, not only to Greek, Latin, and comparative syntax but also to many topics in the history and pre-history of Greek and Latin, and their relations with other languages. Other subjects, such as the history of grammatical terminology, are also brilliantly dealt with. This new edition supplements the German original by providing a translation of all quotations and examples, a large number of detailed footnotes offering background information and suggestions for further reading, and a single bibliography which brings together Wackernagel's references and those added in the notes.

Author : Berenice Verhelst,Tine Scheijnen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316516058

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Greek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity by Berenice Verhelst,Tine Scheijnen Pdf

Promotes a bilingual (Latin/Greek) focus to shed new light on the poetics and aesthetics of late antique poetry.

Author : Michael Lapidge
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 911 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004343627

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Hilduin of Saint-Denis by Michael Lapidge Pdf

St Dionysius was one of the principal saints of medieval France. He is known largely through the writings of Hilduin, the powerful abbot of Saint-Denis in Paris (814–40), who described the life and martyrdom of the saint in prose and verse. Both versions are edited here, with facing-page English translation and commentary.

Author : Fotini Hadjittofi,Anna Lefteratou
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110696219

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The Genres of Late Antique Christian Poetry by Fotini Hadjittofi,Anna Lefteratou Pdf

Classicizing Christian poetry has largely been neglected by literary scholars, but has recently been receiving growing attention, especially the poetry written in Latin. One of the objectives of this volume is to redress the balance by allowing more space to discussions of Greek Christian poetry. The contributions collected here ask how Christian poets engage with (and are conscious of) the double reliance of their poetry on two separate systems: on the one hand, the classical poetic models and, on the other, the various genres and sub-genres of Christian prose. Keeping in mind the different settings of the Greek-speaking East and the Latin-speaking West, the contributions seek to understand the impact of historical setting on genre, the influence of the paideia shared by authors and audiences, and the continued relevance of traditional categories of literary genre. While our immediate focus is genre, most of the contributions also engage with the ideological ramifications of the transposition of Christian themes into classicizing literature. This volume offers important and original case studies on the reception and appropriation of the classical past and its literary forms by Christian poetry.