The New Posidippus and Latin Poetry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23402675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G O Hutchinson (0000-0002-3306-1673, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Pages | 90-108 |
| Publication date | 2008-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Talking books (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199279418.003.0004 |
| OpenAlex | W123587342 |
| ISBN | 9780199279418 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This piece was the first to relate the new book of Posidippus' epigrams to Latin poetry. It discusses the nature of the collection, which arranges epigrams in groups with titles. Connections with Latin poetry are investigated: specific allusions, thematic networks, problems of intertextuality with Hellenistic poetry. The relation of elegy to epigram is then discussed; Latin elegy uses its small relative both to separate itself from epic and to mark its own ambitions. Latin poets turn elegy into love-elegy, and then aspire to go further. The structure of Posidippus and the Fasti can be compared and contrasted.
Art · Elegiac · Elegy · EPIC · Intertextuality · Latin literature · Latin poetry · Literature · Poetry · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.26 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2017 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |