Lawrence Kowerski
Biographic Data
| ID | 5718805 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lawrence Kowerski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lawrence |
| FAMILY NAME | Kowerski |
| SIGNATURE | KOWERSKI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1Hunter College, Department of Classics, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA;, Email: [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Catullus as Simonides
This paper argues that fr. 11 W2 from the so-called new Simonides is among the many intertexts for Catullus 68. Simonides' fragmentary elegiacs commemorating those who fought in the Persian Wars offer a parallel for Catullus' inverted invocation and his engagement with Homer. This parallel comes into relief through an oblique recollection of the anecdotal tradition about Simonides. For the reader thinking about Simonides, this recollection equate…
A Competition in Praise
In the epilogue to Idyll 22, the hymn to the Dioscuri, Theocritus makes poetic claims concerning the reciprocity between poets and their laudandi. In making these claims, he compares himself with Homer, a comparison which has puzzled readers. This paper suggests that we can understand this comparison by recognizing how this epilogue engages with the elegiac poem by Simonides represented by fr. 11 W2, which belongs to the so-called new Simonides. …
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A Competition in Praise
In the epilogue to Idyll 22, the hymn to the Dioscuri, Theocritus makes poetic claims concerning the reciprocity between poets and their laudandi. In making these claims, he compares himself with Homer, a comparison which has puzzled readers. This paper suggests that we can understand this comparison by recognizing how this epilogue engages with the elegiac poem by Simonides represented by fr. 11 W2, which belongs to the so-called new Simonides. …
Catullus as Simonides
This paper argues that fr. 11 W2 from the so-called new Simonides is among the many intertexts for Catullus 68. Simonides' fragmentary elegiacs commemorating those who fought in the Persian Wars offer a parallel for Catullus' inverted invocation and his engagement with Homer. This parallel comes into relief through an oblique recollection of the anecdotal tradition about Simonides. For the reader thinking about Simonides, this recollection equate…
Art (2 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Elegiac (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Poetry (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Allusion (1 work) · Anecdote (1 work)