Papers by FLORA MANAKIDOU
Studi italiani di filología classica, 2003
Rivista Di Filologia E Di Istruzione Classica, 2009
In his Fifth Hymn Callimachus names mythical persons and places with Pindaric passages in mind, i... more In his Fifth Hymn Callimachus names mythical persons and places with Pindaric passages in mind, in particular Pindar's Cyrenean odes. The understanding of the Callimachean interpretatio pindarica offers us one of the main keys for unraveling the hidden message of the poem, i. e. Cyrene's genealogical ties with Argos, Thebes. Given her strong presence in all these places, Athena is the most suitable deity to be thus honoured. If this identification is correct, Callimachus produced two supplementary compositions on these 'syggeneiai'; his second hymn is the local Cyrenean ode, and the fifth hymn was intended to be the poem for all Dorians.
Ancient Thrace, 2022
Wieland's satirical novel, his ideas on Abderitism, his possible relationship to Kant's Abderitis... more Wieland's satirical novel, his ideas on Abderitism, his possible relationship to Kant's Abderitism and human stagnacy and foolishness; the diachronic use of Greek ideas
ΦΡΟΝΤΙΣΤΗΡΙΟ ΚΛΑΣΙΚΗΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ [ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤEΛEΙΟ ΠΑΝEΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΘEΣ/ΝΙΚΗΣ, ΣΧΟΛΗ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΚΗ, ΤΜΗΜΑ ... more ΦΡΟΝΤΙΣΤΗΡΙΟ ΚΛΑΣΙΚΗΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ [ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤEΛEΙΟ ΠΑΝEΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΘEΣ/ΝΙΚΗΣ, ΣΧΟΛΗ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΚΗ, ΤΜΗΜΑ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ]
The paper aims to reconsider the still unsettled issue of the Theocritus-Philitas relationship. T... more The paper aims to reconsider the still unsettled issue of the Theocritus-Philitas relationship. Thorny plants are a natural device for poetological implications. In his use of words denoting thorny plants Theocritus displays both his awareness of and differentiation from Philitas and, therefore, calls into doubt the possibility of a straightforward positive relationship and influence. The poems under consideration are: Philitas fr. 18 Sb. = 20 Sp.; fr.12 Sb. = 25 Sp.; Idylls 1, 4, 7, 1.
While in Theocritus the love of Adonis and Aphrodite is surrounded by a beautiful, unperturbed sc... more While in Theocritus the love of Adonis and Aphrodite is surrounded by a beautiful, unperturbed scenery, Bion’s bombastic style aims to create an atmosphere of death and loss; the structure of the latter’s poem suggests that he was reproducing a sequence of visual representations of the Adonis myth.
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KATHEDRA, RUSSIA, 2021
The paper deals with Gogol’s Old world landowners and its relationship with the bucolic genre tha... more The paper deals with Gogol’s Old world landowners and its relationship with the bucolic genre that is explicitly noted by the author. It will be asking if and how the story follows the principles of the genre. At first, we are dealing with the openness of the term ‘bucolic’ mainly as regards the first bucolic poet, Theocritus. Gogol’s story is explored regarding some of the most important bucolic principles: quietness, love, nature, music/sounds, materialism, hospitality. Their survey leads to the assumption that the work is a successful subverted construction that has a bucolic wrapping with an anti-bucolic content. The story can be termed as bucolic because the genre is made so as it subverts itself within its own conventions.
Key words Bucolic principles, Gogol, deformation, irony, deconstruction
to luigi lehnus for his Cyrenean zelos 1. the reference work remains rossi (1971: 69-94). 2. the ... more to luigi lehnus for his Cyrenean zelos 1. the reference work remains rossi (1971: 69-94). 2. the term (as artistic figure and poetic stratagem) was employed by acosta-hughes (in acosta-hughes et al. 2011: 598). For the Iambi and with general remarks on the Hymns too, see Kerkhecker (1999: 289). 3. hopkinson (1984: 13-17). 182 Flora P. manaKidou status, such as 'dramatic hymns' or 'literary dramas'. 4 since their narrating voice is presented as performing in front of a group or in cooperation with a group of cult attendants, the affinity with choral poetry has been already pointed out and exploited. it is a matter for further consideration to see how this formal affinity drives at the selection of the particular stories featured in these poems and vice versa. 5 in particular, all three mimetic Hymns offer a very convenient case for exploring the interaction between the mythical and/or divine past and the mimetic present, for the obvious reason that theyallegedly-re-enact a ritual in present time. it is in the frame of hic et nunc that a number of stories (in the case of demeter's hymn one extensive story) are introduced, all selected from the honoured divinities' biography and all referring to the mortal worshippers, whom the narrator addresses by during the alleged ceremony. in the fifth Hymn this interaction of past and present is not only put in doric dialect but, furthermore, in elegiac metre. in other words, the poem formally stands as an unicum among all the other Callimachean Hymns. thematically, as i have argued elsewhere, the hymn presupposes Callimachus' readings of a number of Pindaric odes and this Callimachean interpretatio pindarica also presupposes the impact the hesiodic Catalogue was known to have on these Pindaric epinicia. 6 Pre-eminently, the Cyrenean poet exploits three Pythian odes dealing with Cyrenean matters (4, 5 and 9). one has to take into account names of persons and territories that occur in both poets and also in the Cyrene (?)-Ehoia of the Catalogue that dealt with the theban family. through the combined examination of both archaic models several genealogical bonds emerge that offer the main keys for unraveling the hidden message of the poem, i. e. Cyrene's genealogical ties with argos and thebes, the two localities of the athena-hymn. given her strong and from older times established presence in all three places, the goddess appears to be the most suitable deity to be thus honoured. if this identification is on the right track, Callimachus produced two supplementary compositions on these 'syggeneiai'; his second hymn is the local Cyrenean ode, while the fifth hymn claims to be the poem for all dorians 4. this a much-discussed issue: e.
Callimachus deals with athletics following Pindar's strategy of praising and combines athletics w... more Callimachus deals with athletics following Pindar's strategy of praising and combines athletics with politics.
an interpretation of some passages of Callimachus' Hymn to Demeter.
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Papers by FLORA MANAKIDOU
Key words Bucolic principles, Gogol, deformation, irony, deconstruction
Key words Bucolic principles, Gogol, deformation, irony, deconstruction