Thea S Thorsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5628537 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thea S Thorsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thea S |
| FAMILY NAME | Thorsen |
| SIGNATURE | THORSEN T S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Less about the number nine and more about female figures
This paper argues that the ancient lyric “canon” is less about the number nine and more about female figures than is currently acknowledged in scholarship. The argument emerges from the most extensive survey to date of textual and visual material that is relevant to the concept of a lyric “canon” in antiquity. After presenting the material, which encompasses twenty-three items, in a chronological table, the survey departs from the anonymous epigr…
Pitfalls of Pseudepigraphy
The main argument of this paper is that the extent to which it has been demonstrated that the Rhetorica ad Herennium was not written by Cicero is more questionable than is currently acknowledged. By revisiting the arguments that have been launched against the texts authenticity, which involve the alleged demolition of several pieces of ancient evidence in favor of Ciceronian authorship and assertions about Ciceronian and un-Ciceronian style, this…
Oenone ( Her . 5), Acontius ( Her . 20), and the Ovidian seruitium amoris
This paper argues that an allegedly incriminating “imitation” of Heroides 20, which is from Acontius to Cydippe, in Heroides 5, which is from Oenone to Paris, is better understood as a pointed allusion. This understanding supports the authenticity of disputed passages in Heroides 5, sheds light on a very Ovidian brand of the elegiac trope of seruitium amoris, where rape is an element, and stresses the importance of the female voices in both the s…
Greek and Latin Love
‘Divine Corinna’
Based on evidence that is very rarely considered together in scholarship, this paper argues that Corinna of Tanagra has been associated with an idea of artistic authority in antiquity. This is a subject on which the ancient reception of Corinna differs considerably from the modern appreciations of the poet. By applying the hermeneutical approach of reception studies, this paper shows that the presence of an idea of Corinna as an artistic authorit…
Sappho
A number of issues obstruct our vision of Sappho and her ancient reception. This chapter revisits such obstructions as the loss of Sappho’s poetry, the difficulty of accessing information regarding e.g. Chamaeleon’s treatise on Sappho, the attestation of the Athenian sculptor Silanion’s portrait of Sappho at Rome, and the significance of the poem variously known as Ovid’s Heroides 15 and Epistula Sapphus , as well as most of the testimonies for S…
Sappho, Alcaeus, and the Literary Timing of Horace
This chapter argues on the basis of cues in Horace’s Odes 4.9 that Sappho fr. 16 is an important intertext for Horace’s Odes 1.15. Though neglected as such in scholarship, this chapter aims at showing that the poem’s background is precisely Sappho fr. 16, which helps bring out the crucial question of literary timing. This question, which is more or less important to all Augustan poets, emerges as an especially important topic in both Horatian poe…
As Important as Callimachus?
This chapter departs from the fact that Sappho is a case in point for many kinds of translations in Roman culture, notably from Greek to Latin, female to male, and from one poetic form to another. By looking at Sappho and Callimachus as two sides of Catullus’ translational technique, this chapter proposes that Sappho can be regarded to be at least as important as Callimachus in the case of Catullus. Catullus, possibly inspired by an existing Hell…
Receiving Receptions Received
This chapter includes the most comprehensive collection of Greek and Latin testimonies to Sappho to date, with English translations. The collection is preceded by a brief introduction that outlines the organization of previous collections and explains how the present collection builds on and differs from these. Furthermore, the chapter shows how interpolations, emendations, conjectures, and supplements in critical editions, from which the testimo…
Roman Receptions of Sappho
Sappho, a towering figure in Western culture, is an exemplary case in the history of classical receptions. There are three prominent reasons for this. Firstly, Sappho is associated with some of the earliest poetry in the classical tradition, which makes her reception history one of the longest we know of. Furthermore, Sappho’s poetry promotes ideologically challenging concepts such as female authority and homoeroticism, which have prompted very c…
Intrepid Intratextuality
Ovid's Early Poetry
Ovid is one of the greatest poets in the Classical tradition and Western literature. This book represents the most comprehensive study to date of his early output as a unified literary production. Firstly, the book proposes new ways of organising this part of Ovid's poetic career, the chronology of which is notoriously difficult to establish. Next, by combining textual criticism with issues relating to manuscript transmission, the book decisively…
Ovid the love elegist
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The Latin elegiac couplet
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The Cambridge Companion to Latin Love Elegy
Latin love elegy is one of the most important poetic genres in the Augustan era, also known as the golden age of Roman literature. This volume brings together leading scholars from Australia, Europe and North America to present and explore the Greek and Roman backdrop for Latin love elegy, the individual Latin love elegists (both the canonical and the non-canonical), their poems and influence on writers in later times. The book is designed as an …
Roman Receptions of Sappho
Sappho, a towering figure in Western culture, is an exemplary case in the history of classical receptions. There are three prominent reasons for this. Firstly, Sappho is associated with some of the earliest poetry in the classical tradition, which makes her reception history one of the longest we know of. Furthermore, Sappho’s poetry promotes ideologically challenging concepts such as female authority and homoeroticism, which have prompted very c…
Ovid the love elegist
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
The Latin elegiac couplet
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
The Cambridge Companion to Latin Love Elegy
Latin love elegy is one of the most important poetic genres in the Augustan era, also known as the golden age of Roman literature. This volume brings together leading scholars from Australia, Europe and North America to present and explore the Greek and Roman backdrop for Latin love elegy, the individual Latin love elegists (both the canonical and the non-canonical), their poems and influence on writers in later times. The book is designed as an …
Ovid's Early Poetry
Ovid is one of the greatest poets in the Classical tradition and Western literature. This book represents the most comprehensive study to date of his early output as a unified literary production. Firstly, the book proposes new ways of organising this part of Ovid's poetic career, the chronology of which is notoriously difficult to establish. Next, by combining textual criticism with issues relating to manuscript transmission, the book decisively…
Intrepid Intratextuality
Sappho
A number of issues obstruct our vision of Sappho and her ancient reception. This chapter revisits such obstructions as the loss of Sappho’s poetry, the difficulty of accessing information regarding e.g. Chamaeleon’s treatise on Sappho, the attestation of the Athenian sculptor Silanion’s portrait of Sappho at Rome, and the significance of the poem variously known as Ovid’s Heroides 15 and Epistula Sapphus , as well as most of the testimonies for S…
Sappho, Alcaeus, and the Literary Timing of Horace
This chapter argues on the basis of cues in Horace’s Odes 4.9 that Sappho fr. 16 is an important intertext for Horace’s Odes 1.15. Though neglected as such in scholarship, this chapter aims at showing that the poem’s background is precisely Sappho fr. 16, which helps bring out the crucial question of literary timing. This question, which is more or less important to all Augustan poets, emerges as an especially important topic in both Horatian poe…
As Important as Callimachus?
This chapter departs from the fact that Sappho is a case in point for many kinds of translations in Roman culture, notably from Greek to Latin, female to male, and from one poetic form to another. By looking at Sappho and Callimachus as two sides of Catullus’ translational technique, this chapter proposes that Sappho can be regarded to be at least as important as Callimachus in the case of Catullus. Catullus, possibly inspired by an existing Hell…
Receiving Receptions Received
This chapter includes the most comprehensive collection of Greek and Latin testimonies to Sappho to date, with English translations. The collection is preceded by a brief introduction that outlines the organization of previous collections and explains how the present collection builds on and differs from these. Furthermore, the chapter shows how interpolations, emendations, conjectures, and supplements in critical editions, from which the testimo…
Roman Receptions of Sappho
Sappho, a towering figure in Western culture, is an exemplary case in the history of classical receptions. There are three prominent reasons for this. Firstly, Sappho is associated with some of the earliest poetry in the classical tradition, which makes her reception history one of the longest we know of. Furthermore, Sappho’s poetry promotes ideologically challenging concepts such as female authority and homoeroticism, which have prompted very c…
‘Divine Corinna’
Based on evidence that is very rarely considered together in scholarship, this paper argues that Corinna of Tanagra has been associated with an idea of artistic authority in antiquity. This is a subject on which the ancient reception of Corinna differs considerably from the modern appreciations of the poet. By applying the hermeneutical approach of reception studies, this paper shows that the presence of an idea of Corinna as an artistic authorit…
Oenone ( Her . 5), Acontius ( Her . 20), and the Ovidian seruitium amoris
This paper argues that an allegedly incriminating “imitation” of Heroides 20, which is from Acontius to Cydippe, in Heroides 5, which is from Oenone to Paris, is better understood as a pointed allusion. This understanding supports the authenticity of disputed passages in Heroides 5, sheds light on a very Ovidian brand of the elegiac trope of seruitium amoris, where rape is an element, and stresses the importance of the female voices in both the s…
Greek and Latin Love
Pitfalls of Pseudepigraphy
The main argument of this paper is that the extent to which it has been demonstrated that the Rhetorica ad Herennium was not written by Cicero is more questionable than is currently acknowledged. By revisiting the arguments that have been launched against the texts authenticity, which involve the alleged demolition of several pieces of ancient evidence in favor of Ciceronian authorship and assertions about Ciceronian and un-Ciceronian style, this…
Less about the number nine and more about female figures
This paper argues that the ancient lyric “canon” is less about the number nine and more about female figures than is currently acknowledged in scholarship. The argument emerges from the most extensive survey to date of textual and visual material that is relevant to the concept of a lyric “canon” in antiquity. After presenting the material, which encompasses twenty-three items, in a chronological table, the survey departs from the anonymous epigr…
Classical Antiquity Studies (14 works) · Art (13 works) · Literature (12 works) · Poetry (8 works) · History (6 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (3 works)