Floris Overduin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5717927 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Floris Overduin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Floris |
| FAMILY NAME | Overduin |
| SIGNATURE | OVERDUIN F |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1Email: [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Riddling Recipe
This article provides a detailed interpretation and suggests a literary background for the brief (26 verses) elegiac recipe against colic ( SH 690), written by Philo of Tarsus in the first century AD . Although on one level it is a serious pharmacological prescription, on another level it is also a literary piece, concerned with a marked tone of voice, Homeric play, and general display of paideia . Particularly its play of substituting certain in…
Nicander of Colophon's Theriaca
In modern times the Theriaca of Nicander of Colophon (2nd century BCE) has not attracted many enthusiasts. Its complicated style, abstruse diction and technical subject matter – venomous bites and their remedies – have long put off classical scholars. In the wake of renewed interest in Hellenistic poetry, however, Nicander's dark poetry deserves new appreciation. In this book Floris Overduin provides a literary commentary on the Theriaca, focusin…
A Note on Alcibius and the Structure of Nicander’s Theriaca
The editor of the modern standard text of Nicander’s Theriaca transposed lines 541–556 from their original place and inserted them between lines 508 and 509. His reasons are defensible from a technical point of view, but in this way the compositional structure of the poem is harmed unwantedly. This note suggests maintaining the original structure, based on the mirrored presence of the hunter Alcibius in the poem. This dual presence itself mirrors…
Nicander of Colophon, Theriaca. A Literary Commentary
Nicander of Colophon's Theriaca
In modern times the Theriaca of Nicander of Colophon (2nd century BCE) has not attracted many enthusiasts. Its complicated style, abstruse diction and technical subject matter – venomous bites and their remedies – have long put off classical scholars. In the wake of renewed interest in Hellenistic poetry, however, Nicander's dark poetry deserves new appreciation. In this book Floris Overduin provides a literary commentary on the Theriaca, focusin…
Nicander of Colophon, Theriaca. A Literary Commentary
A Note on Alcibius and the Structure of Nicander’s Theriaca
The editor of the modern standard text of Nicander’s Theriaca transposed lines 541–556 from their original place and inserted them between lines 508 and 509. His reasons are defensible from a technical point of view, but in this way the compositional structure of the poem is harmed unwantedly. This note suggests maintaining the original structure, based on the mirrored presence of the hunter Alcibius in the poem. This dual presence itself mirrors…
Nicander of Colophon's Theriaca
In modern times the Theriaca of Nicander of Colophon (2nd century BCE) has not attracted many enthusiasts. Its complicated style, abstruse diction and technical subject matter – venomous bites and their remedies – have long put off classical scholars. In the wake of renewed interest in Hellenistic poetry, however, Nicander's dark poetry deserves new appreciation. In this book Floris Overduin provides a literary commentary on the Theriaca, focusin…
A Riddling Recipe
This article provides a detailed interpretation and suggests a literary background for the brief (26 verses) elegiac recipe against colic ( SH 690), written by Philo of Tarsus in the first century AD . Although on one level it is a serious pharmacological prescription, on another level it is also a literary piece, concerned with a marked tone of voice, Homeric play, and general display of paideia . Particularly its play of substituting certain in…
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