Poet and Audience in the Argonautica of ApolloniusIn this innovative study of the Argonautica, Robert Albis examines structural elements of the text that recreate phenomena associated with composers and performers of epic much earlier in the Greek tradition. Such phenomena include the effect of divine inspiration on the performer, and the empathy thus created among the audience, performer, and characters of the poetry. Albis focuses on the invocations of the Argonautica, arguing that these passages reveal the poet's attempts to associate himself and the audience with the activity within the poem. Albis' approach to the Argonautica is important because it makes use of theoretical approaches to poetry while still concentrating on the place of the poet and epic poetry in contemporary Greek culture, and on the tradition the poet had inherited. This fascinating study, which includes analyses of the Homeric influence on Apollonius and Apollonius' influence on Virgil, will be of interest to scholars of ancient epic, Greek poetry, and Hellenistic Greek culture. |
Contents
The Poets Ecstasy | 17 |
The Poets Voyage | 43 |
A Triple Enchantment | 67 |
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Acontius Aeëtes Aeneid Aetia Alexandrian Aphrodite Apollonius appears Apsyrtus Argo Argonautica Argonauts assimilation association audience begins Beye Book Callimachean Callimachus characters Colchis composed connection context Cydippe deity Delphic Demodocus describe digression discussed divine inspiration echo enchantment epic Erato Eros especially evocative Fränkel goddess Greek Hellenistic Hera Heracles heroes Hesiod Homeric Hymn Hunter Hymn to Apollo Iliad invocation invokes Jason language literary Livrea Longinus Medea metaphor Mopsus Muses myth narrative narrator narrator's Nemean Nereids Nymphs Odyssean Odyssey oracle Orpheus Pagasae passage path Penelope Penelope's performance Phaedrus Phaethon Phemius Phineus Phoebus Pindar Plato poem poet poet's poetic composition poetry proem prophecy Pythian recalls refers role scholiast seduction similar simile sing Socrates song speech story Talos Theocritus Theogony tradition verb Vian Virgil voyage wordplay words γὰρ δὲ ἐν ἐπὶ ἐς κατὰ μὲν μοι νῦν οἱ οὐ πολλὰ τε καὶ τὸ τὸν ὡς