Marios Skempis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5581465 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marios Skempis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marios |
| FAMILY NAME | Skempis |
| SIGNATURE | SKEMPIS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Seminar für Klassische Philologie, Humboldtallee 19, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany;, Email: [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introductory Formulas in the Catalogue of Men of Odyssey 11
In this paper, I examine the formulaic system of the catalogue of men in Odyssey 11. The discursive means at work whenever a catalogue entry is introduced, rest on vision and kinetics. These are two cardinal notions that establish themselves in narrative contexts of male catalogue poetry in the Iliad . Scrutinising the formula-based linguistic register pertaining to visual perception and movement/ stasis shows that entry introductory formulas ser…
Round Trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition: Visits to the Underworld from Antiquity to Byzantium ed. by Gunnel Ekroth and Ingela Nilsson
Reviewed by: Round Trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition: Visits to the Underworld from Antiquity to Byzantium ed. by Gunnel Ekroth and Ingela Nilsson Marios Skempis Gunnel Ekroth and Ingela Nilsson (eds.). Round Trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition: Visits to the Underworld from Antiquity to Byzantium. Brill: Leiden/Boston, 2018. Pp. XVII, 397. ISBN 978-9-00-437266-5. Surveys of katabatic experiences avoid the prin…
Homer and the Poetics of Hades, written by George Alexander Gazis
George Alexander Gazis, Homer and the Poetics of Hades. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 253 pp. ISBN 9780198787266 (hbk.)Homeric scholarship has hitherto not paid systematic attention to the position Hades holds in the Iliad and the Odyssey. Gazis uses the methodological tool of energeia, “vivid representation,” in order to render Homeric descriptions of the underworld palpable. In the introduction, Homeric vividness is pinned down in term…
Such as When: Homer, Hesiod, and the Theban Cycle in Bacchylides 19
The first word of the mythical section in Bacchylides 19 is disputed, and this article offers an emendation. I analyze the Io story in a way that shows its multiple affinity to the epic tradition (Homer, Hesiod, the Theban Cycle). To support my emendation, I argue that micro- and macro-contextual analysis is integral for understanding how textual criticism benefits from the compositional mannerism of circularity, which Bacchylides' dithyramb inst…
A Sense of Loxias: Bacchylides 16.1
Bacchylides 16 is a hybrid poem. It sets out to explore the relation of cognate types of choral song, the paean and the dithyramb, in one and the same narrative. To that end, it poses a ritual section, which deals with Apollo's stop by the banks of the river Hebrus on his way back from the Hyperboreans to Delphi (16.1–12), ahead of a mythic section whose thematic spine focusses on the aftermath of Oechalia's sack by Heracles and his marital crisi…
Hermes, Odysseus, and Catalogues of Goddesses in the Odyssey
Pindar's Celedones ( Paean 8.68–79): A Note
Pindar's Celedones have raised much controversy over the years. Their identity still remains uncertain, although there have been many attempts from scholars to specify whether the term refers to mythical creatures comparable to the Sirens of Homer or to elaborate life-like statues adorning the gable of a long-lost Delphic temple. In this paper, I wish to argue for a metaphorical reading of the Celedones in Pindar's Paean 8 that resides in the poe…
Phenomenology of Space, Place Names and Colonization in the ‘Caieta-Circe’ Sequence of Aeneid 7
Geography, Topography, Landscape: Configurations of Space in Greek and Roman Epic
By introducing a multifaceted approach to epic geography, the editors of the volume wish to provide a critical assessment of spatial perception, of its repercussions on shaping narrative as well as of its discursive traits and cultural contexts. Taking the genre-specific boundaries of Greco-Roman epic poetry as a case in point, a team of international scholars examines issues that lie at the heart of modern criticism on human geography. Modern an…
Ironic Genre Demarcation: Bacchylides 17 and the Epic Tradition
Irony is thought of as a subversive rhetorical strategy that accounts for the collapse of lengthy narratives. In this paper I examine the way irony conduces to the evolution of archaic Greek lyricism against the backdrop of epic. I argue that Bacchylides 17 displays a distinct narrative tension arising from the clash of the two main branches of the epic tradition, male heroic epic and female catalogue or ehoie -poetry. Bacchylides positions Minos…
Arete’s Words: Etymology, Ehoie-Poetry and Gendered Narrative in the Odyssey
Erysichthon der Jäger: SSH 970.22 und Call. Cer. 81-2
This paper proposes a solution to the longstanding controversy over the identity of the obscure hunter named Aithon in SSH 970.22 by identifying him with the Callimachean Erysichthon. The fact that Erysichthon's alternative name Aithon has already been established in the Hellenistic period constitutes the primary indication for this identification. Callimachus' Hymn to Demeter includes a key-reference to Erysichthon as a hunter (ll. 81 f.) which …
Geography, Topography, Landscape: Configurations of Space in Greek and Roman Epic
By introducing a multifaceted approach to epic geography, the editors of the volume wish to provide a critical assessment of spatial perception, of its repercussions on shaping narrative as well as of its discursive traits and cultural contexts. Taking the genre-specific boundaries of Greco-Roman epic poetry as a case in point, a team of international scholars examines issues that lie at the heart of modern criticism on human geography. Modern an…
Erysichthon der Jäger: SSH 970.22 und Call. Cer. 81-2
This paper proposes a solution to the longstanding controversy over the identity of the obscure hunter named Aithon in SSH 970.22 by identifying him with the Callimachean Erysichthon. The fact that Erysichthon's alternative name Aithon has already been established in the Hellenistic period constitutes the primary indication for this identification. Callimachus' Hymn to Demeter includes a key-reference to Erysichthon as a hunter (ll. 81 f.) which …
Arete’s Words: Etymology, Ehoie-Poetry and Gendered Narrative in the Odyssey
Ironic Genre Demarcation: Bacchylides 17 and the Epic Tradition
Irony is thought of as a subversive rhetorical strategy that accounts for the collapse of lengthy narratives. In this paper I examine the way irony conduces to the evolution of archaic Greek lyricism against the backdrop of epic. I argue that Bacchylides 17 displays a distinct narrative tension arising from the clash of the two main branches of the epic tradition, male heroic epic and female catalogue or ehoie -poetry. Bacchylides positions Minos…
Phenomenology of Space, Place Names and Colonization in the ‘Caieta-Circe’ Sequence of Aeneid 7
Geography, Topography, Landscape: Configurations of Space in Greek and Roman Epic
By introducing a multifaceted approach to epic geography, the editors of the volume wish to provide a critical assessment of spatial perception, of its repercussions on shaping narrative as well as of its discursive traits and cultural contexts. Taking the genre-specific boundaries of Greco-Roman epic poetry as a case in point, a team of international scholars examines issues that lie at the heart of modern criticism on human geography. Modern an…
Pindar's Celedones ( Paean 8.68–79): A Note
Pindar's Celedones have raised much controversy over the years. Their identity still remains uncertain, although there have been many attempts from scholars to specify whether the term refers to mythical creatures comparable to the Sirens of Homer or to elaborate life-like statues adorning the gable of a long-lost Delphic temple. In this paper, I wish to argue for a metaphorical reading of the Celedones in Pindar's Paean 8 that resides in the poe…
Hermes, Odysseus, and Catalogues of Goddesses in the Odyssey
A Sense of Loxias: Bacchylides 16.1
Bacchylides 16 is a hybrid poem. It sets out to explore the relation of cognate types of choral song, the paean and the dithyramb, in one and the same narrative. To that end, it poses a ritual section, which deals with Apollo's stop by the banks of the river Hebrus on his way back from the Hyperboreans to Delphi (16.1–12), ahead of a mythic section whose thematic spine focusses on the aftermath of Oechalia's sack by Heracles and his marital crisi…
Such as When: Homer, Hesiod, and the Theban Cycle in Bacchylides 19
The first word of the mythical section in Bacchylides 19 is disputed, and this article offers an emendation. I analyze the Io story in a way that shows its multiple affinity to the epic tradition (Homer, Hesiod, the Theban Cycle). To support my emendation, I argue that micro- and macro-contextual analysis is integral for understanding how textual criticism benefits from the compositional mannerism of circularity, which Bacchylides' dithyramb inst…
Homer and the Poetics of Hades, written by George Alexander Gazis
George Alexander Gazis, Homer and the Poetics of Hades. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 253 pp. ISBN 9780198787266 (hbk.)Homeric scholarship has hitherto not paid systematic attention to the position Hades holds in the Iliad and the Odyssey. Gazis uses the methodological tool of energeia, “vivid representation,” in order to render Homeric descriptions of the underworld palpable. In the introduction, Homeric vividness is pinned down in term…
Introductory Formulas in the Catalogue of Men of Odyssey 11
In this paper, I examine the formulaic system of the catalogue of men in Odyssey 11. The discursive means at work whenever a catalogue entry is introduced, rest on vision and kinetics. These are two cardinal notions that establish themselves in narrative contexts of male catalogue poetry in the Iliad . Scrutinising the formula-based linguistic register pertaining to visual perception and movement/ stasis shows that entry introductory formulas ser…
Round Trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition: Visits to the Underworld from Antiquity to Byzantium ed. by Gunnel Ekroth and Ingela Nilsson
Reviewed by: Round Trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition: Visits to the Underworld from Antiquity to Byzantium ed. by Gunnel Ekroth and Ingela Nilsson Marios Skempis Gunnel Ekroth and Ingela Nilsson (eds.). Round Trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition: Visits to the Underworld from Antiquity to Byzantium. Brill: Leiden/Boston, 2018. Pp. XVII, 397. ISBN 978-9-00-437266-5. Surveys of katabatic experiences avoid the prin…
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