The Old Man and the Bee – Zur Entwicklung eines literarischen Motivs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21370263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dominik Berrens (0000-0002-4943-4884, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck , Langer Weg 11 , Innsbruck Austria, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 164 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 148-176 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philologus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-7985 • E-ISSN: 2196-7008 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/phil-2020-0104 |
| OpenAlex | W3034928442 |
| Language | DE |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 29 |
Although bees are a frequent motif in ancient literature, the people who work with bees are often left in the background. An exception is the motif of the older man on his – usually small – farm who lives from and with his bees. The article shows that this motif is a topos that appears in various texts of Greek and Latin literature of the imperial period. Depending on the intention behind these representations, different elements of the motif may be emphasised or omitted. These variations, and how the motif develops, are here shown through the example of different passages
Aesthetics · Art · Genealogy · Literature · Motif (music) · Topos theory · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History
Poetic garlands
The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting
The Greek Anthology - 2-Part Set
Die quintilianischen Deklamationen in der neueren Forschung
The Disappearance of Aristotle's Biology
Claudius Aelianus und sein Werk
Man and Animal in Severan Rome
Anthologia Palatina VI, 238
Clouds
La fable antique. Tome Premier
Virgil on the Nature of Things
The Letters of Alciphron, Aelian and Philostratus
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |