Jessica Lightfoot
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5633261 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jessica Lightfoot |
| PRENOMES | Jessica |
| SOBRENOME | Lightfoot |
| ASSINATURA | LIGHTFOOT J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5106-1434 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 8 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2019 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Penelope the Hetaira
Following Janko's suggestion that two trimeters cited at Strabo, Geography 8.6.20 form a couplet from an unknown, possibly Aristophanic comedy, this note explores the resonance and meaning of the third citation contained in the same chapter of the geographer's work. It proposes that this third citation, which relates to a Corinthian hetaira 's work at the loom and is possibly from either the same or a different comedy, contains a joke hinting at …
Ovid and Petronius’ Pyramus and Thisbe (Satyricon 131.8-11 and Metamorphoses 4.55-166)
Petronius’ engagement with Ovid’s poetry in the Croton episode of the Satyricon is more extensive than has previously been appreciated. As well as drawing upon Ovidian elegiac poetry, especially Amores 3.7, the description of Encolpius’ second failed tryst with Circe at Satyricon 131.8-11 also alludes to Ovid’s narrative of Pyramus and Thisbe at Metamorphoses 4.55-166. This ironic perversion of one of the Metamorphoses ’ most innocent and tragic …
Astronomical Imagery in Two Epigrams Ascribed to Germanicus Caesar (Anthologia Palatina 9.17 and 9.18)
The presence of astronomical imagery in two consecutive epigrams on the theme of pursued hares in book 9 of the Anthologia Palatina (9.17 and 9.18) both strengthens their ascription to Germanicus Caesar and suggests that his astronomical and literary interests extended beyond the youthful production of a Latin translation of Aratus’ Phaenomena . The meaning of these two epigrams can only be understood fully by paying attention to the interplay of…
Circe's Etruscan Pharmaka
This article re-examines the sole surviving fragment of Aeschylean elegy alongside the available contextual evidence in an attempt to enhance our currently very limited understanding of Aeschylus’ elegiac output. The first section explores Theophrastus’ citation of this fragment in the Historia Plantarum to demonstrate what we can learn about the original Aeschylean poem from its use within the later writer's discussion. The second section examin…
Wonder and the Marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic World
Wonder and wonders constituted a central theme in ancient Greek culture. In this book, Jessica Lightfoot provides the first full-length examination of its significance from Homer to the Hellenistic period. She demonstrates that wonder was an important term of aesthetic response and occupied a central position in concepts of what philosophy and literature are and do. She also argues that it became a means of expressing the manner in which the real…
Not Enduring the Wanderings of Odysseus”
This article examines the Periodos to Nicomedes within its literary, cultural and political context. After offering an analysis of how and why the anonymous author creates a work which straddles the boundaries between prose and verse while engaging with contemporary Hellenistic literary critical debates, it argues for the significance of the figure of Homer's Odysseus in terms of the author's presentation of an idealized relationship with his rea…
Tacitus’ Germania and the Limits of Fantastic Geography
This article explores Tacitus’ careful, simultaneous positioning of geographical boundaries and the limits of his own writing at the opening and close of the Germania. Three main aspects of Tacitus’ engagement with broader debates concerning the place of mythic and poetic accounts in contemporary geography and ethnography are examined: the treatment of the supposed visits of Hellenic heroes to Germania; the portrayal of Ocean as a significant geo…
Textual Wanderings
This article examines Strabo's attitude towards Homeric scholarship, textual emendation and the wanderings of mythical heroes. By exploring the interconnections between these themes, three broader aspects of the Geography are elucidated: the relationship between Homeric and historical truth and fiction, Strabo's self-fashioning as a late Hellenistic scholar, and the significance of interpretations of past heroic wanderings as a means of exploring…
Not Enduring the Wanderings of Odysseus”
This article examines the Periodos to Nicomedes within its literary, cultural and political context. After offering an analysis of how and why the anonymous author creates a work which straddles the boundaries between prose and verse while engaging with contemporary Hellenistic literary critical debates, it argues for the significance of the figure of Homer's Odysseus in terms of the author's presentation of an idealized relationship with his rea…
Tacitus’ Germania and the Limits of Fantastic Geography
This article explores Tacitus’ careful, simultaneous positioning of geographical boundaries and the limits of his own writing at the opening and close of the Germania. Three main aspects of Tacitus’ engagement with broader debates concerning the place of mythic and poetic accounts in contemporary geography and ethnography are examined: the treatment of the supposed visits of Hellenic heroes to Germania; the portrayal of Ocean as a significant geo…
Textual Wanderings
This article examines Strabo's attitude towards Homeric scholarship, textual emendation and the wanderings of mythical heroes. By exploring the interconnections between these themes, three broader aspects of the Geography are elucidated: the relationship between Homeric and historical truth and fiction, Strabo's self-fashioning as a late Hellenistic scholar, and the significance of interpretations of past heroic wanderings as a means of exploring…
Not Enduring the Wanderings of Odysseus”
This article examines the Periodos to Nicomedes within its literary, cultural and political context. After offering an analysis of how and why the anonymous author creates a work which straddles the boundaries between prose and verse while engaging with contemporary Hellenistic literary critical debates, it argues for the significance of the figure of Homer's Odysseus in terms of the author's presentation of an idealized relationship with his rea…
Tacitus’ Germania and the Limits of Fantastic Geography
This article explores Tacitus’ careful, simultaneous positioning of geographical boundaries and the limits of his own writing at the opening and close of the Germania. Three main aspects of Tacitus’ engagement with broader debates concerning the place of mythic and poetic accounts in contemporary geography and ethnography are examined: the treatment of the supposed visits of Hellenic heroes to Germania; the portrayal of Ocean as a significant geo…
Wonder and the Marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic World
Wonder and wonders constituted a central theme in ancient Greek culture. In this book, Jessica Lightfoot provides the first full-length examination of its significance from Homer to the Hellenistic period. She demonstrates that wonder was an important term of aesthetic response and occupied a central position in concepts of what philosophy and literature are and do. She also argues that it became a means of expressing the manner in which the real…
Circe's Etruscan Pharmaka
This article re-examines the sole surviving fragment of Aeschylean elegy alongside the available contextual evidence in an attempt to enhance our currently very limited understanding of Aeschylus’ elegiac output. The first section explores Theophrastus’ citation of this fragment in the Historia Plantarum to demonstrate what we can learn about the original Aeschylean poem from its use within the later writer's discussion. The second section examin…
Ovid and Petronius’ Pyramus and Thisbe (Satyricon 131.8-11 and Metamorphoses 4.55-166)
Petronius’ engagement with Ovid’s poetry in the Croton episode of the Satyricon is more extensive than has previously been appreciated. As well as drawing upon Ovidian elegiac poetry, especially Amores 3.7, the description of Encolpius’ second failed tryst with Circe at Satyricon 131.8-11 also alludes to Ovid’s narrative of Pyramus and Thisbe at Metamorphoses 4.55-166. This ironic perversion of one of the Metamorphoses ’ most innocent and tragic …
Astronomical Imagery in Two Epigrams Ascribed to Germanicus Caesar (Anthologia Palatina 9.17 and 9.18)
The presence of astronomical imagery in two consecutive epigrams on the theme of pursued hares in book 9 of the Anthologia Palatina (9.17 and 9.18) both strengthens their ascription to Germanicus Caesar and suggests that his astronomical and literary interests extended beyond the youthful production of a Latin translation of Aratus’ Phaenomena . The meaning of these two epigrams can only be understood fully by paying attention to the interplay of…
Penelope the Hetaira
Following Janko's suggestion that two trimeters cited at Strabo, Geography 8.6.20 form a couplet from an unknown, possibly Aristophanic comedy, this note explores the resonance and meaning of the third citation contained in the same chapter of the geographer's work. It proposes that this third citation, which relates to a Corinthian hetaira 's work at the loom and is possibly from either the same or a different comedy, contains a joke hinting at …
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