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Title Details:
Roman Love Elegy
Other Titles: Introduction, Text, Translation, Vocabulary, Commentary, Exercises
Authors: Michalopoulos, Charilaos
Michalopoulos, Andreas
Reviewer: Vaiopoulos, Vaios
Subject: HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > NATIONAL LITERATURES > EUROPEAN LITERATURE > LATIN LITERATURE
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERATURE
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > POETRY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY > LATIN PHILOLOGY
Keywords:
Roman Love Elegy
Rome
Augustus
Intertextuality
Propertius
Tibullus
Ovid
Sulpicia
Catullus
Love Poetry
Callimachus
Hellenistic Poetry
Augustanism
Description:
Abstract:
This book is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students and offers a multifaceted approach to the study of Roman love elegy. It combines a detailed introduction with an examination of the main characteristics of the genre. The introduction outlines the historical, social, and intellectual conditions in which Roman elegy emerged and presents the distinct characteristics of the genre in comparison to Greek (Archaic and Hellenistic) elegy. The canon of male elegiac poets is supplemented by Sulpicia, the only Roman female elegiac poet whose work survives. The study material is organized thematically into chapters based on the key characteristics of the genre. Each chapter includes a small anthology of elegies drawn from the works of all three elegiac poets, thus presenting the genre's diachronic evolution and an exploration of intertextual exchanges between the poets. This organization allows instructors to select texts that best suit their teaching programs. Emphasis is placed on issues of language, style, and the representation of erotic desire. For each elegy, a translation, detailed vocabulary, and grammatical-syntactic clarification of difficult points are provided. The comprehensive interpretative commentary, supported by an extensive bibliography, is supplemented with language exercises and comprehension questions. The use of multimedia and interactive material in the book is extensive. The interpretative commentary is interspersed with hyperlinks to online bibliographic databases and websites containing images, maps, timelines, audio clips, and videos with rich informational content about Roman history, culture, and daily life. Finally, online presentations, quizzes, and educational games are employed to reinforce and enhance the understanding of linguistic phenomena.
Linguistic Editors: Papadopoulou, Eleni
Graphic Editors: Papavasileiou, Spyridon
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 2015
Item Details:
ISBN 978-960-603-491-6
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-792
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/2213
Bibliographic Reference: Michalopoulos, C., & Michalopoulos, A. (2015). Roman Love Elegy [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-792
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. Introduction to Elegiac Poetry
2. Introduction to Roman Love Elegy
3. The Forerunners: Catullus and Cornelius Gallus
4. Elegies with Programmatic and Poetological Content
5. Military Service to Love (militia amoris)
6. Enslavement to Love (servitium amoris)
7. Description of the Physical Beauty of the Beloved
8. Diptychs
9. Mythological Examples (exempla mythologica)
10. Paraklausithyron (kōmos)
11. Love Correspondence
12. The Female/"Female" Voice of Sulpicia
13. Latin Metrics
14. The Latin Text: comparative table of readings
Number of pages 228
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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