Simonides on the Persian Wars

A Study of the Elegiac Verses of the "New Simonides"
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-415-65170-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 155 mm, Gewicht: 412 g

Reihe: Studies in Classics

This book considers what evidence the "new Simonides" fragments offer for Simonides' elegiac compositions on the Persian Wars. The current orthodoxy is that they represent three separate elegies on individual battles, one on Artemisium, one on Salamis, and one on Plataea. Kowerski evaluates what evidence these fragments provide for these compositions, and in doing so, questions the validity of the current interpretation of the "new Simonides."

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kowerski, Lawrence M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Too Many Fragments, Too Few Poems? Models for Combining the Fragments of the new Simonides 2. A Panhellenic Poem for Panhellenic War: The Subject Matter and Themes of the new Simonides 3. To Praise, To Commemorate, To Mourn: The new Simonides and Elegy Toward a Conclusion Appendix Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Lawrence M. Kowerski