Format:
1 online resource (329 pages)
ISBN:
9789004439061
Series Statement:
Mnemosyne, Supplements Ser.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter I. Introduction -- A. An Evanescent Figure -- B. Dates and Chronology -- C. The Dionysiaca -- D. The Paraphrase -- E. Nonnus' Influence: A Brief Overview -- F. Nonnus' Paraphrastic Technique: Rhetorical Tradition and Poetic Creativity -- G. Aims of the Present Study -- Chapter II. The Rhetorical Background to the Paraphrase in the Light of Ancient Rhetorical Treatises -- A. Poetry and Rhetoric -- B. Ancient Rhetorical Treatises and Paraphrastic Technique -- B.1. Main Authors -- B.1.a. Aelius Theon -- B.1.a.i. Reading (ἀνάγνωσις) -- B.1.a.ii. Listening (ἀκρόασις) -- B.1.a.iii. Paraphrase (παράφρασις) -- B.1.b. Quintilian -- B.2. Main Issues -- C. Paraphrase as a School Exercise. The Chreia -- C.1. Aphthonius, Progymnasmata -- C.2. Ps.-Hermogenes, Progymnasmata -- C.3. Ps.-Hermogenes, Περὶ μεθόδου δεινότητος (On the Method of Forceful Speaking) -- Chapter III. Non-amplificatory Paraphrase -- A. Literal Paraphrasis -- B. Abbreviations and Conflations -- C. Sequence and Transpositions -- Chapter IV. Amplificatio -- A. Periphrasis -- B. Synonymic Amplificatio and Verbal / Adjectival Accumulation -- B.1. Simple Additions of Adjectives / Participles -- B.2. Anaphora -- C. Explanations -- C.1. Various Terms -- C.2. Place-Names of Theological Significance -- D. Imagery with Theological Significance -- D.1. The Raised Serpent, The (Healing) Saviour, Eternity -- D.2. The Imperishable Abode -- D.3. Imperishable (Continued): The Bread of Life, the True and Wise Bread -- D.4. Presentation of Christ in Danger and in Suffering as King -- E. "Theatrical" Elements: Impressive Visualisation, Description of Scenery, Effects of Sound -- E.1. Description of John the Baptist and His Baptism.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004373419
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004373419
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ypsēlantē, Maria Nonnus' paraphrase between poetry, rhetoric and theology Leiden : Brill, 2021 ISBN 9789004373419
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
,
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Nonnus Panopolitanus
;
Nonnus Panopolitanus Paraphrasis sancti evangelii Joannei
;
Spätantike
;
Rhetorik
;
Geschichte 401-500
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