Author : Nicole Kröll
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783700185840
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (858 download)
Book Synopsis Myth, Religion, Tradition and Narrative in Late Antique Greek Poetry by : Nicole Kröll
Download or read book Myth, Religion, Tradition and Narrative in Late Antique Greek Poetry written by Nicole Kröll and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume shows the manifold themes of Greek poetry in Late Antiquity. Pagan and Christian concepts merge in the works of Nonnus of Panopolis and in the "Ekphrasis" of John of Gaza, the poems of George of Pisidia are read against the background of late antique philosophy and the autobiographies of Gregory of Nazianzus as literary forms of expression. The ekphrastic narrative techniques of Quintus Smyrnaeus and the composition of characters in Colluthus are analyzed, and Lycophron is proved as another source of Nonnus' "Dionysiaka". The contributions also deal with mythological characters, cyclopes and elephants, and late antique epigrammatic poetry is contextualized in the cultural and literary environment of the time.