UID:
almahu_9949463973302882
Format:
1 online resource (178 p.)
ISBN:
9783110292008
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9783110621099
Series Statement:
Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes , 16
Content:
Ever since the papyrus containing Alcman's Partheneion was first published in 1863, classicists have been faced with one of the hardest riddles of their scholarship. Although the language was more or less clear, the meaning of many verses and the character of the poem remained elusive. Therefore it is not surprising that during the century and a half that has elapsed since then, a large bibliography has piled up, disproportionate to the mere 101 surviving verses of the enigmatic poem. This book presents a verse-by-verse commentary to the text with a number of new textual and interpretative proposals based on a detailed inspection of the papyrus. Numerous new readings are made in particular to the Scholia to the Partheneion, greatly elucidating not only questions of interpretation but also problems concerning the composition of the chorus, the number of its members, the identity of the protagonist girls, the social context, as well as questions of performance. The girlish story that lurks in the background but actually forms the framework of the poem now becomes more clear, revealing at the same time the didactic objective of the poet. A new edition of the Partheneion and the Scholia is offered at the end, together with a new translation of the poem.
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Preface --
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Commentary --
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Text and Translation --
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References --
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General Index --
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Plates
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DGBA Backlist Classics and Near East Studies 2000-2014 (EN), De Gruyter, 9783110621099
In:
DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1, De Gruyter, 9783110238570
In:
DGBA Classics and Near East Studies 2000 - 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110636178
In:
E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2012, De Gruyter, 9783110288995
In:
E-BOOK PACKAGE CLASSICAL STUDIES 2012, De Gruyter, 9783110293838
In:
E-BOOK PAKET ALTERTUM 2012, De Gruyter, 9783110288964
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110291827
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110292008
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110292008
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110292008
