Steven Brandwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 5716899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven Brandwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven |
| FAMILY NAME | Brandwood |
| SIGNATURE | BRANDWOOD S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Irrumator/Imperator
This paper offers a reading of C. Memmius’ characterization in Catullus 10 and 28 in light of coinage, RRC 427/1, issued by his nephew and hailing him as C. MEMMIVS IMPERATOR for unknown victories in Bithynia. Catullus transforms this imperatorial acclamation in Poem 10 into an obscene pun that renders Memmius an irrumator rather than an imperator and mocks the promagistrate’s triumphal aspirations. This reading places Catullus’ poem more firmly …
Paeanic Markers in Aeschylus, Choephoroi 150–63
Ἠλ. ὑμᾶς δὲ κωκυτοῖς ἐπανθίζειν νόμος, 150 παιᾶνα τοῦ θανόντος ἐξαυδωμένας. Χο. ἵετε δάκρυ καναχὲς ὀλόμενον ὀλομένωι δεσπόται πρὸς ῥεῦμα τόδε κεδνῶν κακῶν τ’ ἀπότροπον, ἄγος ἀπεύχετον 155 κεχυμένων χοᾶν. κλύε δέ μοι σέβας, κλύ’, ὦ δέσποτ’, ἐξ ἀμαυρᾶς φρενός. ὀτοτοτοτοτοτοῖ⋅ ἴτω τις δορυσθενὴς ἀνὴρ 160 ἀναλυτὴρ δόμων †Σκυθιτά τ’ ἐν χεροῖν παλίντον’ ἐν ἔργωι† βέλη ’πιπάλλων Ἄρης σχέδιά τ’ αὐτόκωπα νωμῶν ξίφη. 152–63 lectio dubia 154 ῥεῦμα Weil: ἔρυ…
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Paeanic Markers in Aeschylus, Choephoroi 150–63
Ἠλ. ὑμᾶς δὲ κωκυτοῖς ἐπανθίζειν νόμος, 150 παιᾶνα τοῦ θανόντος ἐξαυδωμένας. Χο. ἵετε δάκρυ καναχὲς ὀλόμενον ὀλομένωι δεσπόται πρὸς ῥεῦμα τόδε κεδνῶν κακῶν τ’ ἀπότροπον, ἄγος ἀπεύχετον 155 κεχυμένων χοᾶν. κλύε δέ μοι σέβας, κλύ’, ὦ δέσποτ’, ἐξ ἀμαυρᾶς φρενός. ὀτοτοτοτοτοτοῖ⋅ ἴτω τις δορυσθενὴς ἀνὴρ 160 ἀναλυτὴρ δόμων †Σκυθιτά τ’ ἐν χεροῖν παλίντον’ ἐν ἔργωι† βέλη ’πιπάλλων Ἄρης σχέδιά τ’ αὐτόκωπα νωμῶν ξίφη. 152–63 lectio dubia 154 ῥεῦμα Weil: ἔρυ…
Irrumator/Imperator
This paper offers a reading of C. Memmius’ characterization in Catullus 10 and 28 in light of coinage, RRC 427/1, issued by his nephew and hailing him as C. MEMMIVS IMPERATOR for unknown victories in Bithynia. Catullus transforms this imperatorial acclamation in Poem 10 into an obscene pun that renders Memmius an irrumator rather than an imperator and mocks the promagistrate’s triumphal aspirations. This reading places Catullus’ poem more firmly …
Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Byzantine Studies and History (1 work) · Close reading (1 work) · Context (archaeology) (1 work) · History (1 work) · Joke (1 work) · Law (1 work)