Inscribing Sorrow

Fourth-Century Attic Funerary Epigrams
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-11-020132-1
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 725 g

Reihe: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

Fourth-century Attic grave epigrams reflect a transitional phase in the evolution of the genre of epigram. They testify to a shift of interest towards social issues such as the family, the deceased’s age and profession. In a turbulent period of restlessness and uncertainty that followed the devastating Peloponnesian war, the commemoration of the departed in private monuments became an effective mechanism of displaying publicly a new set of social concerns.
It is within these contexts that special emphasis has been put on the composition of sepulchral epigrams, their gradual autonomization and sophistication. This book explores this decisive phase in the evolution of the epigram by reconstructing as many ancient contexts as possible on the one hand, and studying sepulchral epigrams as a poetic art on the other.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Libraries, Institutes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tsagalis, Christos

Tsagalis, Christos C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Klassisch (Griechisch & Römisch)
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Klassische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Christos C. Tsagalis, University of Athens, Greece.