Andreas T Zanker
Biographic Data
| ID | 5626659 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andreas T Zanker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andreas T |
| FAMILY NAME | Zanker |
| SIGNATURE | ZANKER A T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Amherst College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Stories of Similes in Greek and Roman Epic
‘I Enter the Future with the Memory of the Past’
Horace and Seneca
Greek and Latin Expressions of Meaning
Verbs and nouns of meaning in ancient Greek and Latin are polysemous, just as in the case of the English verb “to mean". Andreas T. Zanker considers how the ancient vocabulary could be used in different ways and investigates its development over time. In the first part of the book, Zanker argues for the role of metaphorical and metonymical transference in the creation of expressions of meaning; Greek and Roman authors used the same verbs to descr…
Vergil’s Sheep and Simonides, pmg 576
Expressions of Meaning and the Intention of the Text
Over the past century or so, questions concerning the word ‘meaning’ have been understandably prominent in the field of the philosophy of language. There is, however, a historical aspect to the debate that is of especial interest to literary critics – the fact that verbs and expressions of meaning have been applied to different kinds of things in a number of languages spanning the western literary tradition. I shall introduce the topic by focussi…
Late Horatian Lyric and the Virgilian Golden Age
Recent scholarship has focused on the way in which Horace avoids speaking of a returning golden age in his later lyric poetry, despite the fact that Virgil had done precisely this in the sixth book of his epic. I argue that Horace realized that the concept was a problematic one. Many of the golden ages constructed by earlier poets were marked with characteristics that could never be achieved in reality. Horace therefore avoids the terminology, in…
Late Horatian Lyric and the Virgilian Golden Age
Recent scholarship has focused on the way in which Horace avoids speaking of a returning golden age in his later lyric poetry, despite the fact that Virgil had done precisely this in the sixth book of his epic. I argue that Horace realized that the concept was a problematic one. Many of the golden ages constructed by earlier poets were marked with characteristics that could never be achieved in reality. Horace therefore avoids the terminology, in…
Late Horatian Lyric and the Virgilian Golden Age
Recent scholarship has focused on the way in which Horace avoids speaking of a returning golden age in his later lyric poetry, despite the fact that Virgil had done precisely this in the sixth book of his epic. I argue that Horace realized that the concept was a problematic one. Many of the golden ages constructed by earlier poets were marked with characteristics that could never be achieved in reality. Horace therefore avoids the terminology, in…
Expressions of Meaning and the Intention of the Text
Over the past century or so, questions concerning the word ‘meaning’ have been understandably prominent in the field of the philosophy of language. There is, however, a historical aspect to the debate that is of especial interest to literary critics – the fact that verbs and expressions of meaning have been applied to different kinds of things in a number of languages spanning the western literary tradition. I shall introduce the topic by focussi…
Vergil’s Sheep and Simonides, pmg 576
Greek and Latin Expressions of Meaning
Verbs and nouns of meaning in ancient Greek and Latin are polysemous, just as in the case of the English verb “to mean". Andreas T. Zanker considers how the ancient vocabulary could be used in different ways and investigates its development over time. In the first part of the book, Zanker argues for the role of metaphorical and metonymical transference in the creation of expressions of meaning; Greek and Roman authors used the same verbs to descr…
Horace and Seneca
‘I Enter the Future with the Memory of the Past’
The Stories of Similes in Greek and Roman Epic
Art (6 works) · History (6 works) · Literature (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (4 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · Classics (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · EPIC (2 works)