Matro of Pitane and the tradition of epic parody in the fourth century BCE: text, translation, and commentaryRelatively little attention has been paid to epic parody before the Hellenistic period, but, by presenting an authoritative text of the fragments of Matro of Pitane (with translation and commentary), this volume serves as a superb introduction to the genre. |
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Contents
Matro and the Late Classical Text of Homer | 13 |
The Attic DinnerParty and Late4thc Athenian Politics | 31 |
Editions | 44 |
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Achilleus adaptation adesp adjective allusion Anaxandr Antiph appears Archestratus Arist Athenaeus Athenian Athens attested Attic Dinner-Party banquet catalogues Brandt caesura Casaubon Catalogue of Ships Chaerephon context cooking Cratin Davidson Demetrius Diocles of Carystus Diph early epic eating emendation Ephipp Epich exemplar fish followed fragments Greek guests Gulick h.Ap h.Cer hapax legomenon Hector Hellenistic Hermipp Hesiod hexameter Hicesius ap Homeric Homeric model Hsch Iliad Introduction Kaibel KaTa Leuc manuscripts Matro meal Meineke mentioned Metag Mnesim Musurus narrator narrator's Nicostr Odvssey Odysseus Olson-Sens on Archestr Paessens parodies parodist Patroclus Peltzer Pherecr Philem Philippid Philox Philyll plural poem poetry poets presumably printed reference reworking rhapsodic Scaliger Schweighauser sedes seems sort Sotad Stratocles text of Homer Theoc Thompson Thphr Timocl verb verse Wilamowitz word Xenocles Xenoph Zeus
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| Title | Matro of Pitane and the tradition of epic parody in the fourth century BCE: text, translation, and commentary Volume 44 of American classical studies Issue 44 of American Philological Association American Classical Studies Series |
| Authors | Matron (of Pitana.), S. Douglas Olson, Alexander Sens |
| Editors | S. Douglas Olson, Alexander Sens |
| Publisher | Scholars Press, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0788506145, 9780788506147 |
| Length | 174 pages |
| Subjects | › Dinners and dining Dinners and dining in literature Epic poetry Epic poetry/ Appreciation/ Greece Gastronomy in literature Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / Humor Literary Criticism / Poetry Parodies, Greek Parodies, Greek/ History and criticism Parodies, Greek/ Translations into English Philosophy / General |
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