Kleos Versus Stone? Lyric Poetry and Contexts for Memorialization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23738003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Fearn (0000-0001-6045-4985, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 231-253 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Inscriptions and Their Uses in Greek and Latin Literature (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199665747.003.0010 |
| OpenAlex | W2503229552 |
| ISBN | 9780199665747 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
It is generally thought that the lyric poets were hostile to materialist as opposed to kleos-driven, orally delivered, forms of commemoration. However, an investigation of certain test-cases, as well as a broader view of the relation between lyric poetry and other artistic forms of commemoration, shows that the issue is in need of further clarification and modification. This chapter offers a contextually-nuanced interpretation of the available evidence for the inscribing of archaic and classical poetry on stone. The following issues are discussed: what account should we give of the relation between lyric poetry and epigraphy? What account are we to give of the nature of materialistic metaphors in lyric poetry; what contexts need we supply for such poems? And what of the corollary, the use of the orally-inspired language of kleos in epigraphic texts? Are there specific contextual conditions which invite a particularly close relationship between material and non-material forms of commemoration? What forms did inscriptions of non-epigrammatic texts take, and what functions did they have? Key texts include Simonides 581 PMG (on Kleoboulos of Lindos) and 531 PMG (the memorial for the Spartan war-dead). The aim is to produce a coherent account of the social and cultural impact of such interfaces between poetry and epigraphy, as well as art, as not only rival, but also complementary, and sometimes combined, modes of commemoration: part of a broader appreciation of ways in which archaic and classical Greeks thought about themselves, their dead, their gods, and their pasts.
Art · Art history · Literature · Memorialization · Poetry · Political science · Law · Poetry Analysis and Criticism
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |