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1 online resource |
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Mnemosyne supplements ; volume 374 |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; v. 374.
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| Contents |
5.9. Structuring Devices: Acrostic and Sphragis -- 5.10. Lexical Structural Markers -- 5.11. Conclusion -- 6.1. The Language of Epic -- 6.2. Lexical Innovation -- 6.3.(Pseudo- )Archaic Elements -- 6.4. Learned Diction: Hapax Legomena -- 6.5. Hellenistic Borrowings -- 6.6. Punning and Etymology -- 6.7. Kennings -- 6.8. Marked Word-Patterning -- 6.9. Hypallage, Inconcinnitas -- 6.10. Variatio -- 6.11. Metre -- 6.12. Conclusion -- 7.1. Preliminaries -- 7.2. Boundaries -- 7.3. Intertextuality in the Theriaca -- 7.4. Conclusion -- 8.1. Personcation -- 8.2. Enargeia -- 8.3. Aetiology and Mythology -- 8.4.Comical Elements -- 8.5. Learned Topography -- 8.6. The Theriaca and the Paradoxographical Tradition -- 8.7. Similes and Metaphors -- 8.8. Battle Imagery -- 8.9. Conclusion -- 9.1. Readers of Epic -- 9.2. Epic Poets -- 9.3. Grammarians -- 9.4. Authors Dealing with Medicine and Biology -- 9.5. Nicandrean Scholarship in the Early Modern Period -- 9.6. Conclusion |
| Summary |
In modern times the Theriaca of Nicander of Colophon (2nd century BCE) has not attracted many enthusiasts. Its complicated style, abstruse diction and technical subject matter ¿́¿ venomous bites and their remedies ¿́¿ have long put off classical scholars. In the wake of renewed interest in Hellenistic poetry, however, Nicander¿́¿s dark poetry deserves new appreciation. In this book Floris Overduin provides a literary commentary on the Theriaca , focusing on Nicander¿́¿s artistic merits. Viewed against the background of Alexandrian aesthetics and the didactic epic tradition, Nicander deserves pride of place among his Hellenistic peers. This book, the first full commentary in English, may thus contribute to the reappraisal of Nicander¿́¿s Theriaca as a work of literature, not science |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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In English, with texts in original Greek |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Nicander, of Colophon. Theriaca.
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| SUBJECT |
Theriaca (Nicander, of Colophon) fast |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Theriaca (Nicander Colophonius)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Proefschriften (vorm)
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Commentaren (vorm)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004283602 |
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9004283609 |
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