Hellenistic and Roman Military Epitaphs on Stone and on Papyrus
Questions of Authorship and Literariness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23403154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Silvia Barbantani (0000-0002-5668-7396, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 154-175 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Greek Epigram from the Hellenistic to the Early Byzantine Era (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780198836827.003.0010 |
| OpenAlex | W4256364024 |
| ISBN | 9780198836827 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Chapter 10 studies Hellenistic and Roman military epitaphs and addresses a number of interconnected issues: the unpopularity of epitaphs for individual soldiers in the Greek Anthology (only a dozen of such epigrams are present, leaving side fictitious pieces for literary or historical figures); the near absence of inscribed epitaphs in literary sources, despite the fact that they are often of good literary quality; and the question of their authorship: there is no evidence that any epigrammatist known from the Greek Anthology also acted as a professional writer of military epitaphs, as Simonides did. Epitaphs for common soldiers were usually commissioned to professional poets, most of whom now remain anonymous; in some cases the deceased, especially when he presents himself as a veteran belonging to the local elite, may have had his say on the contents and form of his future epitaph.
Ancient history · Art · Dozen · Elite · Epitaph · Inscribed figure · Literature · Papyrus · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History
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