Nicander's Hymn to Attalus
Pergamene Panegyric
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9325802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas J Nelson (0000-0002-6654-8939, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Pages | 182-202 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Cambridge Classical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-2705 • E-ISSN: 2047-993X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1750270519000083 |
| OpenAlex | W2987255207 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 44 |
This paper looks beyond Ptolemaic Alexandria to consider the literary dynamics of another Hellenistic kingdom, Attalid Pergamon. I offer a detailed study of the fragmentary opening of Nicander's Hymn to Attalus (fr. 104 Gow–Schofield) in three sections. First, I consider its generic status and compare its encomiastic strategies with those of Theocritus’ Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus ( Idyll 17). Second, I analyse its learned reuse of the literary past and allusive engagement with scholarly debate. And finally, I explore how Nicander polemically strives against the precedent of the Ptolemaic Callimachus. The fragment offers us a rare glimpse into the post-Callimachean, international and agonistic world of Hellenistic poetics
Art · Hymn · Idyll · Literature · Panegyric · Poetics · Poetry · Ptolemy's table of chords · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |