The Stanzaic Architecture of Early Greek Elegy

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ID9288108
AuthorsChristopher A Faraone (corresponding author)
Year2008
Pages199
Publication date2008-04-24
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe stanzaic architecture of early Greek elegy (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780199236985.001.0001
OpenAlexW586020073
ISBN9780199236985
Open LibraryOL16905758M
LanguageEN
Citations received31

In this study of poetic form in early Greek elegy, Christopher A. Faraone argues against the prevailing assumption that it was a genre of stichic poetry derived from or dependent on epic verse. Faraone emphasizes the fact that early elegiac poets composed their songs to the tune of an aulos (a kind of oboe) and used a five-couplet stanza as a basic unit of composition. He points out how knowledge of the elegiac stanza can give us insight into how these poets alternated between stanzas of exhortation and meditation, used co-ordinated pairs of stanzas to construct lengthy arguments about excellence or proper human government, and created generic set pieces that they could deploy in longer compositions. Faraone's close analysis of nearly all the important elegiac fragments will greatly enhance understanding and appreciation of this poetic genre

Art · Couplet · Elegiac · Elegy · Literature · Poetry · Rhyme · Stanza · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy · Elegiac poetry · Elegiac poetry, history and criticism · Greek · Greek Elegiac poetry · Greek language · Greek language, metrics and rhythmics · Greek poetry · Greek poetry, history and criticism · History and criticism · Metrics and rhythmics

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