Sympotic Poetry
38 Followers
Recent papers in Sympotic Poetry
Al nome di Teognide di Megara è legata l’unica ampia raccolta di poesia monodica arcaica e classica a noi giunta per tradizione diretta: un insieme di elegie per un totale di poco più di 1400 versi, ai quali si devono aggiungere, per... more
L'elegia parenetico-guerriera a il simposio * ἡσυχία φιλεῖ συμπόσιον (Pind. Nem. IX 48) μέχρις τέο κατάκεισθε; κότ᾿ ἄλκιμον ἕξετε θυμόν, ὦ νέοι; οὐδ᾿ αἰδεσθ᾿ ἄμφιπερικτίονας ὧδε λίην μεθιέντες ἐν εἰρήνῃ δὲ δοκεῖτε ἧσθαι, ἀτὰρ πόλεμος... more
In The Rise of the Greek Aristocratic Banquet, Wecowski offers a comprehensive account of the origins of the symposion and its close relationship with the rise of the Greek city-state or polis. Broadly defined as a culture-oriented... more
My central research question concerns the role space has in archaic Greek lyric poetry (7th-5th C.B.C.). Therefore, a theoretical framework inspired by narratology, phenomenology and metaphor theory is developed in the first chapter.... more
Nel corso di un seminario sulla poesia simposiale nell'a.a. 1980-81 abbiamo avuto modo di occuparci di alcuni frammenti abbastanza problematici, riportati da un papiro trovato nel 1906 a Elefantina, e pubblicati l'anno seguente per la... more
Edizioni Quasar c o p i a a u t o r e Giulio Colesanti
Abstract: This essay examines the poetic production connected to the occasion of the symposium (seventh ‒ fifth cent. BCE), a production that underwent different stages of submersion determined by diverse cultural and political factors,... more
Maria Luisa Catoni, Bere vino puro: immagini del simposio. Campi del sapere/Culture. Milano: Giangiacomo Feltrinelli editore, 2010. Pp. xviii, 505. ISBN 9788807104534. €39.00 (pb). Reviewed by Marek Wecowski, University of Warsaw... more
Abstract: Epigram AP 10. 42, attributed to Lucian in the Palatine Anthology, probably is not by Lucian, nor is it originally even an epigram: the allusion to the oral publication of the verses, which must be protected by a “seal” affixed... more
On love wishes in ancient Greece
The A. supports with new arguments von der Mühll's idea that in Anacreon fr. 356 PMG (=33 Gentili) Athenaeus has joined two distinct short poems. The first (fr. a) is an invitation to drink heavily in order to provoke Dionysiac... more
This paper presents a commentary on lines 20-21 of Theognis’ "Elegy of the Seal” (Theogn.19-26), intending to show how Theognideia refers to procedures appropriate to the poetic performances on Ancient Greek Symposium.
Abstract: In an essay of 1971 Luigi Enrico Rossi, studying the laws of the Greek literary genres, recognized the existence of three periods: the Archaic period, in which laws are existing and observed, but have not been still made in... more
In: Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 161 (2018) 242-274.The present article is a full-length re-examination of Archilochus’ frr. 2 and 4 W. In the first place, it shows that there is no compelling reason for assigning both fragments to a... more
c o p i a a u t o r e c o p i a a u t o r e GIULIO COLESANTI Un agone simposiale in Theogn. 1003-1022 * Desidero ringraziare Massimo Vetta, al quale devo una discussione per litt. (29. 11. 1997) su al cune questioni. Ringrazio inoltre,... more
Una particolare caratteristica della silloge teognidea è la doppia redazione di alcuni enunciati, quasi sempre con lievi varianti, in luoghi diversi della silloge stessa ( 1 ). Le coppie interessate, note come 'dittografie', sono... more
Questo volume si segnala subito all'interesse degli studiosi, in particolare di lirica greca arcaica e classica, poiché, fino a questo momento, per i carmi eseguiti nel simposio attico giunti fino a noi non esisteva un'edizione dotata di... more
Apontamentos à Teognideia com o intuito de identificar nela traços estilísticos de uma produção elegíaca destinada para o simpósio como ocasião de performance principal.
Abstract: This essay examines the poetic production connected to the occasion of the symposium (seventh ‒ fifth cent. BCE), a production that underwent different stages of submersion determined by diverse cultural and political factors,... more
This paper centres on Athenaeus’ appropriations of metasympotic poetry known as by the Greek archaic poet Theognis.
International Plutarch Society Panel 'Literary Banquets of the Imperial Era'
International Plutarch Society Panel 'Literary Banquets of the Imperial Era'