Emily Kneebone
Biographic Data
| ID | 5636024 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emily Kneebone |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emily |
| FAMILY NAME | Kneebone |
| SIGNATURE | KNEEBONE E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Fallen Pines: Deforestation in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca
This article examines the depiction of deforestation in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca, a Greek epic on the god Dionysus dating from the fifth century CE. Exploring the ancient association of Dionysus with mountainous rural spaces, it brings together three key scenes in the epic in which pine trees are uprooted, tracing the resonance of deforestation in the gathering of wood for a heroic funeral pyre, in the murder of one of Dionysus’ hubristic opponents and…
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…
Fish in Battle? Quintus of Smyrna and the Halieutica of Oppian
Oppian's Halieutica: Charting a Didactic Epic
Oppian's Halieutica is a dazzling five-book Greek didactic poem about the sea and its wily, chaotic inhabitants. This book offers the first sustained reading of the poem as a didactic epic that meditates on the place of human beings within the cosmos at large, and on the lessons we can learn from fish. Using a combination of close reading and wider interpretative lenses, this book examines the literary texture and cultural relevance of the Halieu…
Authority and Expertise in Ancient Scientific Culture
The Limits of Enquiry in Imperial Greek Didactic Poetry
Τοσς' Εδαην: The Poetics of Knowledge in Oppian's Halieutica
τόσσ ἐδάην, σκηπτοῦχε διοτεφές, ἔργα θαλάσσης (5.675). This much I know of the works of the sea, sceptre-bearer, you who are dear to the gods. Oppian's address to Marcus Aurelius signals the end of his five-book didactic epic on sea-fishing and encapsulates the poetic project of the Halieutica : no ordinary fish-treatise, this poem illuminates the extraordinary realm of the sea and is presented as a gift and homage to the Roman emperor. The work,…
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Τοσς' Εδαην: The Poetics of Knowledge in Oppian's Halieutica
τόσσ ἐδάην, σκηπτοῦχε διοτεφές, ἔργα θαλάσσης (5.675). This much I know of the works of the sea, sceptre-bearer, you who are dear to the gods. Oppian's address to Marcus Aurelius signals the end of his five-book didactic epic on sea-fishing and encapsulates the poetic project of the Halieutica : no ordinary fish-treatise, this poem illuminates the extraordinary realm of the sea and is presented as a gift and homage to the Roman emperor. The work,…
Authority and Expertise in Ancient Scientific Culture
The Limits of Enquiry in Imperial Greek Didactic Poetry
Oppian's Halieutica: Charting a Didactic Epic
Oppian's Halieutica is a dazzling five-book Greek didactic poem about the sea and its wily, chaotic inhabitants. This book offers the first sustained reading of the poem as a didactic epic that meditates on the place of human beings within the cosmos at large, and on the lessons we can learn from fish. Using a combination of close reading and wider interpretative lenses, this book examines the literary texture and cultural relevance of the Halieu…
Fish in Battle? Quintus of Smyrna and the Halieutica of Oppian
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…
Fallen Pines: Deforestation in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca
This article examines the depiction of deforestation in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca, a Greek epic on the god Dionysus dating from the fifth century CE. Exploring the ancient association of Dionysus with mountainous rural spaces, it brings together three key scenes in the epic in which pine trees are uprooted, tracing the resonance of deforestation in the gathering of wood for a heroic funeral pyre, in the murder of one of Dionysus’ hubristic opponents and…
Classical Antiquity Studies (6 works) · Art (5 works) · History (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Biology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · EPIC (2 works) · Poetry (2 works)