Choerilus of Samos' Lament ( SH 317) and the Revitalization of Epic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9307598 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kelly A MacFarlane (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 130 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 219-234 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Journal of Philology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9475 • E-ISSN: 1086-3168 |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/ajp.0.0046 |
| OpenAlex | W1970774188 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 9 |
Choerilus of Samos' epic poem, Persica ( SH ), opens with a lament on the current state of poetry ( SH 317). Scholars have misread this lament as a genuine expression of dismay on the part of a poet who is disillusioned with poetry and who thinks that the time for poetry has passed. Choerilus' lament is not sincere but rather a rhetorical device in which the poet draws attention to the problems found in contemporary poetry, problems which he then overcomes with his new style of poetry, namely, historical epic
Art · EPIC · Lament · Literature · Poetry · Rhetorical question · Style (visual arts · Ancient Near East History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods · Philosophy
The Genre of Acts and Collected Biography
Ennius' Annals
Choirilos (Choerilus) of Samos
Looking for auctoritas in Ennius’ Annals
Ennius and Lucilius
Ennius’ Annals and Tacitus’ Annals
Livy’s Ennius
Allegory and Authority in Latin Verse-Historiography
Reading Ennius’ Annals and Cato’s Origins at Rome
Ennius’ Annals as Source and Model for Historical Speech
Afterword
Muret was Right
Why Is Valerius Flaccus a Quindecimvir
The Eagle's Gaze in the Opening of Heliodorus' Aethiopica
| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 0,93 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |