Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 136 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 250 g
Ancient Greek Epitaphs
Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 136 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 250 g
ISBN: 978-1-4214-0804-0
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
The lively ancient epitaphs in this bilingual collection fit together like small mosaic tiles, forming a vivid portrait of Greek society.
Cut These Words into My Stone offers evidence that ancient Greek life was not only celebrated in great heroic epics, but was also commemorated in hundreds of artfully composed verse epitaphs. They have been preserved in anthologies and gleaned from weathered headstones.
Three-year-old Archianax, playing near a well,
Was drawn down by his own silent reflection.
His mother, afraid he had no breath left,
Hauled him back up wringing wet. He had a little.
He didn't taint the nymphs' deep home.
He dozed off in her lap. He's sleeping still.
These words, translated from the original Greek by poet and filmmaker Michael Wolfe, mark the passing of a child who died roughly 2,000 years ago. Ancient Greek epitaphs honor the lives, and often describe the deaths, of a rich cross section of Greek society, including people of all ages and classes— paupers, fishermen, tyrants, virgins, drunks, foot soldiers, generals—and some non-people—horses, dolphins, and insects. With brief commentary and notes, this bilingual collection of 127 short, witty, and often tender epigrams spans 1,000 years of the written word.
Cut These Words into My Stone provides an engaging introduction to this corner of classical literature that continues to speak eloquently in our time.
translated by Michael Wolfe. foreword by Richard P. Martin
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Cut These Words into My Stone offers evidence that ancient Greek life was not only celebrated in great heroic epics, but was also commemorated in hundreds of artfully composed verse epitaphs. They have been preserved in anthologies and gleaned from weathered headstones.
Three-year-old Archianax, playing near a well,
Was drawn down by his own silent reflection.
His mother, afraid he had no breath left,
Hauled him back up wringing wet. He had a little.
He didn't taint the nymphs' deep home.
He dozed off in her lap. He's sleeping still.
These words, translated from the original Greek by poet and filmmaker Michael Wolfe, mark the passing of a child who died roughly 2,000 years ago. Ancient Greek epitaphs honor the lives, and often describe the deaths, of a rich cross section of Greek society, including people of all ages and classes— paupers, fishermen, tyrants, virgins, drunks, foot soldiers, generals—and some non-people—horses, dolphins, and insects. With brief commentary and notes, this bilingual collection of 127 short, witty, and often tender epigrams spans 1,000 years of the written word.
Cut These Words into My Stone provides an engaging introduction to this corner of classical literature that continues to speak eloquently in our time.
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Translator's Note
Foreword, by Richard P. Martin
I. Anonymous Epitaphs of No Known Date
II. Late Archaic and Classical Periods: 600–350 BCE
III. Hellenistic Period: Age of Alexander, c. 323–100 BCE
IV. The Millennium: Pagan Roman Empire, 100 BCE–99 CE
V. Late Antiquity: Christian Roman Empire, 200–599 CE
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Biographies of the Poets
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