Iambic poetics in the Roman Empire /

This is the first book to study the impact of invective poetics associated with early Greek iambic poetry on Roman imperial authors and audiences. It demonstrates how authors as varied as Ovid and Gregory Nazianzen wove recognizable elements of the iambic tradition (e.g. meter, motifs or poetic biog...

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Main Author: Hawkins, Tom, 1972- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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505 0 |a Introduction; 1. Iambus delayed: Ovid's Ibis; Interlude 1. 'Bad artists imitate, great artists steal': Martial and the trope of not being iambic; 2. Iambos denied: Babrius' Mythiambi; Interlude 2. Iambopoioi after Babrius; 3. The Christian iambopoios: Gregory Nazianzen; Interlude 3. Palladas and epigrammatic iambos; 4. Archilochus in Tarsus: Dio Chrysostom's First Tarsian; Interlude 4. Begging with Hipponax; 5. Playful aggression: Lucian's Pseudologista; Interlude 5. Neobule in love: the Ps.-Lucianic Amores; 6. Festive iambos: Julian's Misopogon; Interlude 6. Iambic time travel: Julian the Egyptian on Archilochus; Conclusions: becoming Archilochus. 
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650 0 |a Greek language  |x Metrics and rhythmics. 
650 0 |a Latin language  |x Metrics and rhythmics. 
650 0 |a Latin literature  |x Greek influences. 
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