Journal Articles by Laurel Bowman
The Phoenix, Jan 1, 1997
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Ramus: Critical studies in greek and roman …, Jan 1, 1998
Phoenix, Jan 1, 2004
This article examines the evidence that has been used to demonstrate the existence of a "women's ... more This article examines the evidence that has been used to demonstrate the existence of a "women's poetic tradition" in Greek poetry, the theoretical basis for the different models posited for such a tradition, and the application of these various models to the criticism on surviving female-authored Greek poetry.
American journal of philology, Jan 1, 1999
Book Chapters by Laurel Bowman
Women are useless at good deeds, but skilled workers at every kind of evil." (Medea, The represen... more Women are useless at good deeds, but skilled workers at every kind of evil." (Medea, The representation of women in Euripides' Medea often seems contradictory and difficult to interpret. The characters speak at length and often sympathetically about the nature of women, women's role in society, and even the representation of women in
There is hardly a Greek tragedy, and hardly an episode of Angel, that does not include a prophecy... more There is hardly a Greek tragedy, and hardly an episode of Angel, that does not include a prophecy. The conventions governing the use of prophecy in Western drama were established by the fifth century B.C. in the tragedies where they first appear. These plays were produced before an audience whose makeup, background and cultural expectations were substantially different from the audience of Angel. Still, although our culture has changed radically, the conventions governing the use of prophecy in drama which were established by the time of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides have not materially altered.
No ancient genre preserves as many female-authored poems as that of epigram. The private producti... more No ancient genre preserves as many female-authored poems as that of epigram. The private production, and publication in writing, of Hellenistic epigram gave female poets, who were generally excluded from public oral performance, an opportunity for dissemination of their work not afforded them by previous largely orally-performed genres of Greek poetry.
The four major female authors of epigram are the Hellenistic poets Erinna, Moero, Anyte, and Nossis, all of whom flourished in the first generation of Hellenistic epigram. Each introduced critical innovations in the genre. The work of each of these poets shows a high level of education, deep roots in their poetic predecessors, and keen and witty innovation both on canonical authors and on the conventions of inscribed epigram. All were highly influential on their (male) successors in the genre of book epigram, which in some crucial ways they may almost be said to have invented.
Myths on Maps (digital project) by Laurel Bowman
Myths on Maps is a searchable, interactive web-based map displaying the geographic locations reco... more Myths on Maps is a searchable, interactive web-based map displaying the geographic locations recorded for Greek myths in Apollodorus’ Library. The accompanying reader displays the original text, annotated to display characters, places and events. Through the map and reader, users can explore connections between places, events and characters. This data, presented visually, easily shows the geographic connections which were self-evident to the original tellers and audience.
Myths on Maps displays all of the events, places and characters in Apollodorus’ Library and Epitome, in searchable format. These are accessed through the Reader and the Map.
Edited Special Journal Volumes by Laurel Bowman
No conception, ancient or modern, of the ancient world is entirely objective; every vision of ant... more No conception, ancient or modern, of the ancient world is entirely objective; every vision of antiquity carries its own agenda. It is easier to see the prejudices of other eras than it is to interrogate our own. In March 2012, the Classical Association of the Canadian West held a conference in Victoria, British Columbia, organized by Laurel Bowman and Geof Kron of the University of Victoria, on the theme of “Visualizing Antiquity.” Presenters were asked to consider how the cultural, historical, and intellectual contexts of artists, scholars, and intellectuals from ancient times to the present affected their conception of antiquity and the uses to which they put that conception. The articles presented at the conference were extraordinary in the range of subject matter and approach, ranging from antiquity to the present day, from economic models to archaeological site reconstructions and representations of antiquity in literary and visual arts across the ages.
This volume presents a selection of five of those articles, which in their range and diversity of subject matter and approach give an excellent overview of the range of the original conference. The visualizations of antiquity in these articles range from Philostratus’ second-century ad Life of Apollonius of Tyana to Almenábar’s 2009 film Agora and include explorations of sixteenth-century German woodcuts, seventeenth-century English medical terminology, and the editorial history of Cicero’s Letters.
Papers by Laurel Bowman
Mnemosyne a Journal of Classical Studies, 1998
Phoenix the Journal of the Classical Association of Canada, 2004
SCHOLARSHIP ON THE ANCIENT GREEK FEMALE POETS has flourished in recent years.' It ha... more SCHOLARSHIP ON THE ANCIENT GREEK FEMALE POETS has flourished in recent years.' It has become increasingly common for scholars working in this field to speak of a "women's tradition" in Greek poetry, and to attempt exegesis of what female-authored poetry ...
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Journal Articles by Laurel Bowman
Book Chapters by Laurel Bowman
The four major female authors of epigram are the Hellenistic poets Erinna, Moero, Anyte, and Nossis, all of whom flourished in the first generation of Hellenistic epigram. Each introduced critical innovations in the genre. The work of each of these poets shows a high level of education, deep roots in their poetic predecessors, and keen and witty innovation both on canonical authors and on the conventions of inscribed epigram. All were highly influential on their (male) successors in the genre of book epigram, which in some crucial ways they may almost be said to have invented.
Myths on Maps (digital project) by Laurel Bowman
Myths on Maps displays all of the events, places and characters in Apollodorus’ Library and Epitome, in searchable format. These are accessed through the Reader and the Map.
Edited Special Journal Volumes by Laurel Bowman
This volume presents a selection of five of those articles, which in their range and diversity of subject matter and approach give an excellent overview of the range of the original conference. The visualizations of antiquity in these articles range from Philostratus’ second-century ad Life of Apollonius of Tyana to Almenábar’s 2009 film Agora and include explorations of sixteenth-century German woodcuts, seventeenth-century English medical terminology, and the editorial history of Cicero’s Letters.
Papers by Laurel Bowman
The four major female authors of epigram are the Hellenistic poets Erinna, Moero, Anyte, and Nossis, all of whom flourished in the first generation of Hellenistic epigram. Each introduced critical innovations in the genre. The work of each of these poets shows a high level of education, deep roots in their poetic predecessors, and keen and witty innovation both on canonical authors and on the conventions of inscribed epigram. All were highly influential on their (male) successors in the genre of book epigram, which in some crucial ways they may almost be said to have invented.
Myths on Maps displays all of the events, places and characters in Apollodorus’ Library and Epitome, in searchable format. These are accessed through the Reader and the Map.
This volume presents a selection of five of those articles, which in their range and diversity of subject matter and approach give an excellent overview of the range of the original conference. The visualizations of antiquity in these articles range from Philostratus’ second-century ad Life of Apollonius of Tyana to Almenábar’s 2009 film Agora and include explorations of sixteenth-century German woodcuts, seventeenth-century English medical terminology, and the editorial history of Cicero’s Letters.