Herodas

Mimiambs

Bibliographic Data

ID23549403
AuthorsHerodas Herodas
EditorsGraham Zanker
Year2009
Pages240
Publication date2009-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueHerodas - Mimiambs (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherLiverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3828/liverpool/9780856688836.001.0001
OpenAlexW4250315000
Open LibraryOL28757215M
ISBN9780856688836
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Before the publication of the second-century AD papyrus containing eight and a fragmentary ninth of the Mimiambs of Herodas in 1891, Herodas was known only through approximately twenty lines which had survived in quotations found principally in Athenaios and Stobaios. Even after the publication of the papyrus and subsequent work on it, scarcely anything is known of their author. The scant evidence that has survived suggests that he lived during the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphos (285–247 BC), on the island of Kos, and was a direct contemporary of the greatest of the Hellenistic poets, Callimachus, Theocritus and Apollonius. His Mimiambs are short humorous dramatic scenes written in verse, often bawdy, reflecting everyday life and dialect. This book explores what we do know of the poet including the language, dialect and metre that he uses. Each poem is translated and accompanied by an individual commentary with synopsis, information on date, setting, sources and purpose, as well as close examination of vocabulary and grammar. This edition reveals Herodas' work in all its skill and subtlety.

Art · Grammar · Linguistics · Literature · Ninth · Papyrus · Poetry · Ptolemy's table of chords · Reign · Vocabulary · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy · Poetry, collections · Translations into English

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