Christos Tsagalis
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1068478 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Christos Tsagalis |
| NOMBRES | Christos |
| APELLIDO | Tsagalis |
| FIRMA | TSAGALIS C |
| AFILIACIONES | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1394-6076 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 39 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 44 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 5 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2004 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
The Tears of Diomedes
This study examines the tears of Diomedes in the Iliad as a richly layered narrative device that functions across intratextual, intertextual, and metaleptic dimensions. On the intratextual plane, Diomedes’ emotional outburst reactivates resonances with Books 1, 10, and 22, subtly reinforcing his thematic kinship with Achilles. Intertextually, his unexpected triumph in the chariot race reconfigures an earlier epic tradition – one in which Diomedes…
Space and Story
This chapter analyses the presentation of space in relation to the story narrated in the two Homeric epics. Tsagalis’ study is divided into two parts: in the first, he explores simple story space, i.e. how the narrator views the space in which the plot is unravelled in both the Iliad and the Odyssey . In the second part, he treats embedded story space, i.e. the way characters, functioning as thinking agents with stored experiences, perceive what …
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Epic
Ancient Greek literature begins with the epic verses of Homer. Epic then continued as a fundamental literary form throughout antiquity and the influence of the poems produced extends beyond antiquity and down to the present. This Companion presents a fresh and boundary-breaking account of the ancient Greek epic tradition. It includes wide-ranging close readings of epics from Homer to Nonnus, traces their dialogues with other modes such as ancient…
Early Greek Epic Fragments III
This is the third volume in the series of commentaries on Early Greek Epic Fragments ( EGEF III). It contains introduction, text, translation, and commentary on the Herakleia by Panyassis of Halikarnassos and on the Theseis . Two other volumes have been already published ( EGEF I: Genealogical and Antiquarian Epic , De Gruyter 2017; EGEF II: Epics on Herakles: Kreophylos and Peisandros , De Gruyter 2022) and one more is to follow ( EGEF IV: The P…
Heracles in Early Greek Epic
Heracles in Early Greek Epic examines the protean nature of the greatest Greek hero, Heracles in Homeric and Hesiodic poetry, as well as in fragmentary epics such as Creophylus’ Oichalias Halosis, Pisander’s Heracleia, and Panyassis’ Heracleia. Several contributors explore Heracles’ associations with heroes in Near-Eastern literature and reflections in early epic about his involvement in the first sack of Troy, the tale of Hesione and the ketos, …
Timocreon of Ialysos, frr. 5–8 PMG and 7, 9, and 10 IEG
This is the second and last part of a study on Timocreon of Ialysos. In the first part I offered an up-to-date presentation of and running commentary on fragments 1–4 of his poetry. In this second part, I discuss and comment on the rest of his extant fragments. The numeration is continuous: frr. 1–4 PMG were presented in Tsagalis 2020, 228–266; frr. 5–8 PMG and 9–11 (= 7, 9, and 10 IEG ) are analyzed in this study
Performance Contexts for Rhapsodic Recitals in the Archaic and Classical Periods
Performance Contexts for Rhapsodic Recitals in the Hellenistic Period
Early Greek Epic Fragments II
This is a full-scale edition with commentary of the archaic epic poems Oichalias Halosis by Kreophylos of Samos and Herakleia by Peisandros of Kamiros. The Greek text (divided between testimonies and fragments) is accompanied by detailed critical apparatus and English translation. There are also extensive introductions to the biography of each poet, the title of the poem, its content and style, as well as a careful examination of the relative chr…
Early Greek Epic
In the last fifty years major developments have taken place, both in the field of Homeric studies and in the rest of early Greek epic. These developments have not only created a more solid basis for studying the Homeric epics, but they have also broadened our horizons with respect to the place of Homeric poetry within a larger cultural milieu. The impressive advances in Hesiodic studies, the more systematic approach to the Epic Cycle, the more nu…
Song Regained
Apart from relatively few exceptions of texts which survive intact, what we have of Ancient Greek literature remains, to a great degree, fragmentary. As a result it is often misread, overlooked or mined not for its own sake but to support the investigation of texts which survive in their entirety. This collection of chapters addresses a range of poetic fragments, with a strong (though not exclusive) focus on Archaic epic and lyric, and an emphasi…
Timocreon of Ialysos, frr. 1–4 (= 727–730 PMG )
This is the first portion of a study in two parts on the lyric and elegiac poet Timocreon of Ialysos. My aim is to offer an up-to-date presentation of and running commentary on the extant fragments of his poetry, which has received less attention than it deserves. The first four fragments of Timocreon’s poetic production that are discussed in this article are those concerning his turbulent relationship with Themistocles
The Meta–Narrative Moment
This study offers a thorough re-examination of the claim that the Doloneia is a major interpolation in the Iliad , since the horses of Rhesus stolen by the two Achaean spies in Iliad 10 are not used by Diomedes to win the chariot race in the Funeral Games in honor of Patroclus in Iliad 23. It is argued that this claim is wrong. Diomedes wins with the semi-divine Trojan horses he has stolen from Aeneas in Iliad 5, i. e. with the best horses after …
The Homeric Question
The history of the Homeric Question stretches from antiquity to the present. I focus on its modern phase and its inauguration of the scientific study of Homeric poetry. The aim of this historical sketch is (a) to offer an up-to-date, concise, and critical presentation of the Homeric Question and (b) to review the main issues explored by the various schools of interpretation
Homer and the Poetics of Gesture by Alex C. Purves
Reviewed by: Homer and the Poetics of Gesture by Alex C. Purves Christos Tsagalis Alex C. Purves. Homer and the Poetics of Gesture. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp. xiii, 214. $74.00. ISBN 978-0-19-085792-9. Gesture in Homer has been studied before. D. Lateiner's Sardonic Smile: Non-Verbal Behavior in Homeric Epic (Ann Arbor 1995), to state one well-known book, explores the "silent language" of characters, especially in the Odyssey, b…
Homer in Performance
The winnowing oar - New Perspectives in Homeric Studies
In the wake of recent advances in the treatment of longstanding problems pertaining to the interpretation of Homeric poetry, this volume brings together cutting-edge research from a cohort of acclaimed scholars on Homer and the Homeric Hymns. The variety of topics covered spans the entire field of Homeric philology: the methods and solutions provided for a new edition of the Odyssey, the puzzle of the relation between the festival of the Panathen…
Poetry in Fragments
Winnowing Oar - New Perspectives in Homeric Studies
Early Greek Epic Fragments I
This book offers a new edition and comprehensive commentary of the extant fragments of genealogical and antiquarian epic dating to the archaic period (8th-6th cent. BC). By means of a detailed study of the multifaceted material pertaining to the remains of archaic Greek epic other than Homer, Hesiod, and the Homeric Hymns, it provides readers with a critical reassessment of the ancient evidence, allows access to new material hitherto unnoticed or…
Early Greek Epic Fragments I
This is the first full-scale commentary on the extant fragments of genealogical and antiquarian epic of the archaic period since G. Marckscheffel's Latin commentary in 1840. It includes introduction to the relevant authors and poems, Greek text, translation, detailed commentary, index of the sources transmitting these texts, and a 'comparatio numerorum' with all the previous major editions
Telegony
The Telegony (Τηλεγονία or Τηλεγόνεια) by Eugammon of Cyrene in two books brings the Epic Cycle to an end. Our knowledge of its content is largely, but not solely, based on the summary of Proclus, with Ps.-Apollodorus offering some supplementary information that should be treated with caution. The Telegony poses various problems for anyone wishing to reconstruct its plot, the more so since the three principal critical editions available significa…
Introduction
Kyklos : tracing a metaphor The term kyklos is notorious for its ambiguity. The word encompasses various interpretations, most of them metaphorical: apart from the proper sense ‘circle’, it can designate any circular body like a wheel, a trencher, a place of an assembly or the people standing in a ring, the vault of the sky, the orb or disk of a celestial body, the wall around a city, a round shield, the eyeballs, an olive wreath, a collection of…
The Greek Epic Cycle and its Ancient Reception
The poems of the Epic Cycle are assumed to be the reworking of myths and narratives which had their roots in an oral tradition predating that of many of the myths and narratives which took their present form in the Iliad and the Odyssey. The remains of these texts allow us to investigate diachronic aspects of epic diction as well as the extent of variation within it on the part of individual authors - two of the most important questions in modern…
Verses Attributed to the Telegony
The huge differences characterizing the main editions of the Greek epic poets of the Archaic period are well known. The sparse amount of information available poses serious problems; so too does the lack of unanimous acceptance of the same methodological principles with respect to the attribution of a citation to a given author and poem. The case of the Telegony is typical: Bernabé lists five fragments, Davies two (only one in common with Bernabé…
Inscribing Sorrow
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…
Homeric Contexts
This volume aims at offering a critical reassessment of the progress made in Homeric research in recent years,focussing onits two main trends,Neonalysis and Oral Theory. Interpreting Homer in the 21st century asks for a holistic approach that allows us to reconsider some of our methodological tools and preconceptions concerning what we call Homeric poetry. The neoanalytical and oral 'booms', which have to a large extent influenced the way we see …
Towards an Oral, Intertextual Neoanalysis
The aim of this study is to offer a critical reassessment of the progress made in recent years with respect to two of the most fruitful schools of interpretation in Homeric research, i.e. Neoanalysis and Oral Theory. After revisiting a series of theoretical issues, the author presents his personal viewpoint concerning the much-debated question concerning symptomatic or derivative innovation
Allusion, Authority, and Truth
The past few decades have seen the development of new critical methods with which the poetic and rhetorical dimensions of ancient Greek texts can be evaluated. In this volume, an international group of distinguished scholars comes together to examine how a wide range of ancient texts in different genres were able to assert their authority and claims to truth, often alluding to one another in subtle ways as they attempted to project their own supe…
Γυναίων Εἵνεκα Δώρων
Early Greek Epic Fragments I
This book offers a new edition and comprehensive commentary of the extant fragments of genealogical and antiquarian epic dating to the archaic period (8th-6th cent. BC). By means of a detailed study of the multifaceted material pertaining to the remains of archaic Greek epic other than Homer, Hesiod, and the Homeric Hymns, it provides readers with a critical reassessment of the ancient evidence, allows access to new material hitherto unnoticed or…
Early Greek Epic Fragments II
This is a full-scale edition with commentary of the archaic epic poems Oichalias Halosis by Kreophylos of Samos and Herakleia by Peisandros of Kamiros. The Greek text (divided between testimonies and fragments) is accompanied by detailed critical apparatus and English translation. There are also extensive introductions to the biography of each poet, the title of the poem, its content and style, as well as a careful examination of the relative chr…
The Poetics of Sorrow
Hidden Presences
Reviewed by: Hidden Presences: Monuments, Gravesites, and Corpses in Greek Funerary Epigram Christos C. Tsagalis Jon Steffens Bruss . Hidden Presences: Monuments, Gravesites, and Corpses in Greek Funerary Epigram. Hellenistica Groningana, 10. Leuven: Peeters, 2005. Pp. xiii, 201. €40.00 (pb.). ISBN 90-429-1641-9. Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in studying the relation between the inscribed epigrammatic tradition and the Hellenisti…
Inscribing Sorrow
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…
Inscribing Sorrow
Names and Narrative Techniques in Xenophon’s Anabasis
Epic Space Revisited
Allusion, Authority, and Truth
The past few decades have seen the development of new critical methods with which the poetic and rhetorical dimensions of ancient Greek texts can be evaluated. In this volume, an international group of distinguished scholars comes together to examine how a wide range of ancient texts in different genres were able to assert their authority and claims to truth, often alluding to one another in subtle ways as they attempted to project their own supe…
Intertextuality
The Heracles theme
The aim of this article is to map out the presentation of Heracles in both inscriptional and literary epigram from the Hellenistic to the Imperial period. The Heracles theme undergoes a process of miniaturization, historicization, and problematization. The huge hero of the past is miniaturized as his labors and other achievements are put into sharp relief by the highlighting of his gluttony and subjugation to the power of Love or is historicized …
Towards an Oral, Intertextual Neoanalysis
The aim of this study is to offer a critical reassessment of the progress made in recent years with respect to two of the most fruitful schools of interpretation in Homeric research, i.e. Neoanalysis and Oral Theory. After revisiting a series of theoretical issues, the author presents his personal viewpoint concerning the much-debated question concerning symptomatic or derivative innovation
Homeric Contexts
This volume aims at offering a critical reassessment of the progress made in Homeric research in recent years,focussing onits two main trends,Neonalysis and Oral Theory. Interpreting Homer in the 21st century asks for a holistic approach that allows us to reconsider some of our methodological tools and preconceptions concerning what we call Homeric poetry. The neoanalytical and oral 'booms', which have to a large extent influenced the way we see …
Asclepiades of Samos
Reviewed by: Asclepiades of Samos: Epigrams and Fragments by Alexander Sens Christos Tsagalis Alexander Sens. Asclepiades of Samos: Epigrams and Fragments. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. cxv, 353. $150.00. ISBN 978-0-19-925319-7. Asclepiades of Samos has recently attracted special attention thanks to the publication of two fully fledged commentaries that do ample justice to his poetic skill and the enormous influence he exerted on the…
Typhon and Eumelus’ Titanomachy
The aim of this article is to show that on the basis of a scholium in Oppian’s Halieutica, Eumelus’ Titanomachy may have included an episode in which Zeus defeated Typhon. To this end, the author discusses in considerable detail the Typhon myth, the role of Hermes and Pan and the chronological ‘problems’ associated with their participation in such an episode, as well as the nature of the actual scholium together with an important body of comparat…
Verses Attributed to the Telegony
The huge differences characterizing the main editions of the Greek epic poets of the Archaic period are well known. The sparse amount of information available poses serious problems; so too does the lack of unanimous acceptance of the same methodological principles with respect to the attribution of a citation to a given author and poem. The case of the Telegony is typical: Bernabé lists five fragments, Davies two (only one in common with Bernabé…
Γυναίων Εἵνεκα Δώρων
Telegony
The Telegony (Τηλεγονία or Τηλεγόνεια) by Eugammon of Cyrene in two books brings the Epic Cycle to an end. Our knowledge of its content is largely, but not solely, based on the summary of Proclus, with Ps.-Apollodorus offering some supplementary information that should be treated with caution. The Telegony poses various problems for anyone wishing to reconstruct its plot, the more so since the three principal critical editions available significa…
Introduction
Kyklos : tracing a metaphor The term kyklos is notorious for its ambiguity. The word encompasses various interpretations, most of them metaphorical: apart from the proper sense ‘circle’, it can designate any circular body like a wheel, a trencher, a place of an assembly or the people standing in a ring, the vault of the sky, the orb or disk of a celestial body, the wall around a city, a round shield, the eyeballs, an olive wreath, a collection of…
The Greek Epic Cycle and its Ancient Reception
The poems of the Epic Cycle are assumed to be the reworking of myths and narratives which had their roots in an oral tradition predating that of many of the myths and narratives which took their present form in the Iliad and the Odyssey. The remains of these texts allow us to investigate diachronic aspects of epic diction as well as the extent of variation within it on the part of individual authors - two of the most important questions in modern…
The winnowing oar - New Perspectives in Homeric Studies
In the wake of recent advances in the treatment of longstanding problems pertaining to the interpretation of Homeric poetry, this volume brings together cutting-edge research from a cohort of acclaimed scholars on Homer and the Homeric Hymns. The variety of topics covered spans the entire field of Homeric philology: the methods and solutions provided for a new edition of the Odyssey, the puzzle of the relation between the festival of the Panathen…
Poetry in Fragments
Winnowing Oar - New Perspectives in Homeric Studies
Early Greek Epic Fragments I
This book offers a new edition and comprehensive commentary of the extant fragments of genealogical and antiquarian epic dating to the archaic period (8th-6th cent. BC). By means of a detailed study of the multifaceted material pertaining to the remains of archaic Greek epic other than Homer, Hesiod, and the Homeric Hymns, it provides readers with a critical reassessment of the ancient evidence, allows access to new material hitherto unnoticed or…
Early Greek Epic Fragments I
This is the first full-scale commentary on the extant fragments of genealogical and antiquarian epic of the archaic period since G. Marckscheffel's Latin commentary in 1840. It includes introduction to the relevant authors and poems, Greek text, translation, detailed commentary, index of the sources transmitting these texts, and a 'comparatio numerorum' with all the previous major editions
Homer in Performance
Homer and the Poetics of Gesture by Alex C. Purves
Reviewed by: Homer and the Poetics of Gesture by Alex C. Purves Christos Tsagalis Alex C. Purves. Homer and the Poetics of Gesture. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp. xiii, 214. $74.00. ISBN 978-0-19-085792-9. Gesture in Homer has been studied before. D. Lateiner's Sardonic Smile: Non-Verbal Behavior in Homeric Epic (Ann Arbor 1995), to state one well-known book, explores the "silent language" of characters, especially in the Odyssey, b…
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