- Professor of Latin / National and Kapodistrian University of Athensedit
Το βιβλίο αποτελεί εξαιρετική εισαγωγή στη ρωμαϊκή ιστοριογραφία και στο έργο του κορυφαίου Ρωμαίου ιστοριογράφου, Κορνήλιου Τάκιτου. Είναι μια σχολιασμένη έκδοση των κεφαλαίων 20–23 και 33–45 του 15ου βιβλίου των Annales, στα οποία ο... more
Το βιβλίο αποτελεί εξαιρετική εισαγωγή στη ρωμαϊκή ιστοριογραφία και στο έργο του κορυφαίου Ρωμαίου ιστοριογράφου, Κορνήλιου Τάκιτου. Είναι μια σχολιασμένη έκδοση των κεφαλαίων 20–23 και 33–45 του 15ου βιβλίου των Annales, στα οποία ο Τάκιτος αφηγείται τα συνταρακτικά γεγονότα των ετών 62-64 μ.Χ. Το κεντρικό γεγονός είναι η μεγάλη πυρκαγιά της Ρώμης (64 μ.Χ.) που αφάνισε μεγάλο τμήμα της πόλης (με αφήγηση και των όσων προηγήθηκαν και των όσων επακολούθησαν). Με έξυπνη και συναρπαστική γραφή και αξιοποιώντας άρτια τη βιβλιογραφία, το βιβλίο αποτελεί μια εξαιρετική μελέτη για αυτά τα ιδιαίτερα ενδιαφέροντα και ταραγμένα χρόνια της ρωμαϊκής ιστορίας. Η εκτενής Εισαγωγή απαρτίζεται από έξι άκρως κατατοπιστικά δοκίμια. Τα τρία πρώτα επικεντρώνονται στη ζωή, στην εποχή και στο έργο του Τάκιτου, ενώ το τέταρτο διερευνά το ύφος και τα ιδιαίτερα χαρακτηριστικά του. Τα δύο τελευταία δοκίμια φιλοτεχνούν ένα ζωηρό πορτρέτο του πολιτιστικού και πολιτικού σκηνικού της Ρώμης εκείνης της εποχής. Στο κυρίως μέρος παρατίθεται το λατινικό κείμενο μαζί με πλούσιο λεξιλόγιο και ερωτήσεις που καλούν τον αναγνώστη να διερευνήσει διάφορα ζητήματα, όπως γραμματικές ταυτοποιήσεις, ανάλυση της δομής των προτάσεων, νομικά και πολιτικά θέματα. Τα ερμηνευτικά σχόλια είναι πολύ πλούσια σε υφολογική και ιστορική ανάλυση, σε ανάλυση της συντακτικής δομής των προτάσεων και σε πρωτότυπες παρατηρήσεις σχετικά με τη σειρά των όρων και τις λεξιλογικές επιλογές του Τάκιτου.
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Το βιβλίο αυτό του Ingo Gildenhard, Καθηγητή Κλασικής Φιλολογίας στο King’s College του Πανεπιστημίου του Cambridge, αποτελεί μια εξαιρετική σχολιασμένη έκδοση των στίχων 1-299 του 4ου βιβλίου της Αινειάδας του Βεργιλίου, του «εθνικού»... more
Το βιβλίο αυτό του Ingo Gildenhard, Καθηγητή Κλασικής Φιλολογίας στο King’s College του Πανεπιστημίου του Cambridge, αποτελεί μια εξαιρετική σχολιασμένη έκδοση των στίχων 1-299 του 4ου βιβλίου της Αινειάδας του Βεργιλίου, του «εθνικού» έπους των Ρωμαίων και ενός από τα σπουδαιότερα έργα της παγκόσμιας λογοτεχνίας. Το 4ο βιβλίο της Αινειάδας είναι μακράν το γνωστότερο και δημοφιλέστερο μεταξύ των υπολοίπων, καθώς αφηγείται την παραμονή του Αινεία και των Τρώων στην Καρχηδόνα και την ερωτική σχέση που αναπτύχθηκε ανάμεσα στον Τρώα ήρωα (και μελλοντικό γενάρχη των Ρωμαίων) και τη βασίλισσα της Καρχηδόνας, Διδώ. Με έξυπνη και συναρπαστική γραφή και χάρη στην άρτια αξιοποίηση της βιβλιογραφίας, το βιβλίο αποτελεί μια εξαιρετική μελέτη του 4ου βιβλίου της Αινειάδας, το οποίο κατέχει κομβική θέση μέσα στο έπος, καθώς διαρκώς παραπέμπει στα όσα προηγήθηκαν στα προηγούμενα βιβλία του έπους, ενώ παράλληλα προετοιμάζει το έδαφος για όσα πρόκειται να επακολουθήσουν. Στον Πρόλογο, ο συγγραφέας εξηγεί αναλυτικά και κατατοπιστικά τη δομή και διάρθρωση του βιβλίου. Ακολουθεί το Λατινικό Κείμενο και στη συνέχεια Ερωτήσεις Μελέτης για κάθε επιμέρους ενότητα του κειμένου. Το κυρίως μέρος του βιβλίου απαρτίζεται από αναλυτικότατο Ερμηνευτικό Υπόμνημα, που καλύπτει με πληρότητα (μεταξύ άλλων) θέματα γλώσσας και μετάφρασης, ύφους, λογοτεχνικής τεχνικής, διακειμενικότητας και ιστορικού πλαισίου. Το Ερμηνευτικό Υπόμνημα συνοδεύεται από τέσσερα Ερμηνευτικά Δοκίμια (1. Περιεχόμενο και Μορφή, 2. Η ιστοριογραφική Διδώ, 3. Υπαινιγμοί, 4. Θρησκεία) που καλύπτουν όχι μόνο το συγκεκριμένο βιβλίο αλλά το σύνολο της Αινειάδας.
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Ποια παράπονα είχε η Πηνελόπη από τον Οδυσσέα που απουσίαζε επί είκοσι συναπτά έτη; Τι περιείχε η επιστολή της Διδώς προς τον Αινεία που την εγκατέλειψε και αναχώρησε για την Ιταλία; Σε ποια γλώσσα ήταν γραμμένο το γράμμα της Βρισηίδας... more
Ποια παράπονα είχε η Πηνελόπη από τον Οδυσσέα που απουσίαζε επί είκοσι συναπτά έτη; Τι περιείχε η επιστολή της Διδώς προς τον Αινεία που την εγκατέλειψε και αναχώρησε για την Ιταλία; Σε ποια γλώσσα ήταν γραμμένο το γράμμα της Βρισηίδας στον Αχιλλέα; Πόση αγάπη ή μίσος περιείχε η επιστολή της Μήδειας προς τον Ιάσονα; Τι έγραψε στο δικό της γράμμα προς τον Ιάσονα η Υψιπύλη, αντίζηλος της Μήδειας; Μήπως το γράμμα της Φαίδρας προς τον Ιππόλυτο του στοίχισε τη ζωή; Γνώριζε άραγε η Λαοδάμεια πως ο νιόπαντρoς Πρωτεσίλαος , στον οποίο έγραφε επιστολή, ήταν ήδη νεκρός ; Πού βρήκε η Αριάδνη γραφική ύλη στην έρημη Νάξο για να γράψει γράμμα στον Θησέα που την εγκατέλειψε;
Απαντήσεις σε αυτά και άλλα πολλά παράξενα και αναπάντεχα ερωτήματα βρίσκει κανείς διαβάζοντας τις Ηρωίδες του Οβίδιου (43 π.Χ. – 17 μ.Χ.) , μια συλλογή δέκα πέντε ευφάνταστων ποιητικών επιστολών που στέλνουν γνωστές γυναίκες του μύθου στους αγαπημένους τους .
Το βιβλίο αυτό αποτελεί την πρώτη έμμετρη νεοελληνική μετάφραση των Ηρωίδων (1- 1 5) στο σύνολό τους , η οποία συνοδεύεται από κατατοπιστική εισαγωγή και αναλυτικά ερμηνευτικά σχόλια.
Απαντήσεις σε αυτά και άλλα πολλά παράξενα και αναπάντεχα ερωτήματα βρίσκει κανείς διαβάζοντας τις Ηρωίδες του Οβίδιου (43 π.Χ. – 17 μ.Χ.) , μια συλλογή δέκα πέντε ευφάνταστων ποιητικών επιστολών που στέλνουν γνωστές γυναίκες του μύθου στους αγαπημένους τους .
Το βιβλίο αυτό αποτελεί την πρώτη έμμετρη νεοελληνική μετάφραση των Ηρωίδων (1- 1 5) στο σύνολό τους , η οποία συνοδεύεται από κατατοπιστική εισαγωγή και αναλυτικά ερμηνευτικά σχόλια.
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This volume, comprising 24 essays, aims to contribute to a developing appreciation of the capacity of rhetoric to reinforce affiliation or disaffiliation to groups. To this end, the essays span a variety of ancient literary genres (i.e.... more
This volume, comprising 24 essays, aims to contribute to a developing appreciation of the capacity of rhetoric to reinforce affiliation or disaffiliation to groups. To this end, the essays span a variety of ancient literary genres (i.e. oratory, historical and technical prose, drama and poetry) and themes (i.e. audience-speaker, laughter, emotions, language, gender, identity, and religion).
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Τα Λατινικά του Wheelock είναι η πρώτη ελληνική μετάφραση του Wheelock's Latin (7η έκδοση, επικαιροποιημένη και ανανεωμένη), ενός από τα δημοφιλέστερα εγχειρίδια εκμάθησης της Λατινικής γλώσσας παγκοσμίως. Με τρόπο μεθοδικό, ευχάριστο και... more
Τα Λατινικά του Wheelock είναι η πρώτη ελληνική μετάφραση του Wheelock's Latin (7η έκδοση, επικαιροποιημένη και ανανεωμένη), ενός από τα δημοφιλέστερα εγχειρίδια εκμάθησης της Λατινικής γλώσσας παγκοσμίως. Με τρόπο μεθοδικό, ευχάριστο και εύληπτο αναδεικνύει την ομορφιά, τη ζωντάνια και τη διαχρονική αξία της Λατινικής. Περιλαμβάνει:
- 40 κεφάλαια με λεπτομερή παρουσίαση της Γραμματικής και του Συντακτικού, και εφαρμογή των κανόνων πάνω σε κείμενα σπουδαίων Ρωμαίων συγγραφέων, συνοδευόμενα από σημειώσεις, μεταφραστικές συμβουλές και ερωτήσεις κατανόησης.
- Εκτενές Ελληνο-Λατινικό και Λατινο-Ελληνικό λεξιλόγιο.
- Ασκήσεις αυτοβελτίωσης, με τις απαντήσεις τους, για ανεξάρτητη μελέτη.
- Πλούσια συλλογή από αυθεντικά, μη διασκευασμένα, λατινικά κείμενα για μετάφραση, μαζί με πλήρη λεξιλογική υποστήριξη.
- Ετυμολογικές πληροφορίες, χάρτες και γκραφίτι που αναδεικνύουν ποικίλες πτυχές του ρωμαϊκού πολιτισμού.
Το βιβλίο απευθύνεται πρωτίστως σε φοιτητές/φοιτήτριες φιλοσοφικών σχολών αλλά και σε μαθητές/μαθήτριες που επιθυμούν να μάθουν Λατινικά με τρόπο έγκυρο και παιδαγωγικά άρτιο, καθώς και στο ευρύτερο κοινό που φιλοδοξεί μέσα από τη μεθοδική κατάκτηση της Λατινικής να απολαύσει από το πρωτότυπο τη λογοτεχνία των Ρωμαίων και να γνωρίσει την ιστορία και τον πολιτισμό τους.
- 40 κεφάλαια με λεπτομερή παρουσίαση της Γραμματικής και του Συντακτικού, και εφαρμογή των κανόνων πάνω σε κείμενα σπουδαίων Ρωμαίων συγγραφέων, συνοδευόμενα από σημειώσεις, μεταφραστικές συμβουλές και ερωτήσεις κατανόησης.
- Εκτενές Ελληνο-Λατινικό και Λατινο-Ελληνικό λεξιλόγιο.
- Ασκήσεις αυτοβελτίωσης, με τις απαντήσεις τους, για ανεξάρτητη μελέτη.
- Πλούσια συλλογή από αυθεντικά, μη διασκευασμένα, λατινικά κείμενα για μετάφραση, μαζί με πλήρη λεξιλογική υποστήριξη.
- Ετυμολογικές πληροφορίες, χάρτες και γκραφίτι που αναδεικνύουν ποικίλες πτυχές του ρωμαϊκού πολιτισμού.
Το βιβλίο απευθύνεται πρωτίστως σε φοιτητές/φοιτήτριες φιλοσοφικών σχολών αλλά και σε μαθητές/μαθήτριες που επιθυμούν να μάθουν Λατινικά με τρόπο έγκυρο και παιδαγωγικά άρτιο, καθώς και στο ευρύτερο κοινό που φιλοδοξεί μέσα από τη μεθοδική κατάκτηση της Λατινικής να απολαύσει από το πρωτότυπο τη λογοτεχνία των Ρωμαίων και να γνωρίσει την ιστορία και τον πολιτισμό τους.
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De 08 a 10 de julho de 2015 organizamos o V Colóquio Internacional “Visões da Antiguidade Clássica”, dedicado à poesia augustana (Augustan Poetry: New Trends and Revaluations), em São Paulo, a fim de discutir novas abordagens e reavaliar... more
De 08 a 10 de julho de 2015 organizamos o V Colóquio Internacional “Visões da Antiguidade Clássica”, dedicado à poesia augustana (Augustan Poetry: New Trends and Revaluations), em São Paulo, a fim de discutir novas abordagens e reavaliar as antigas, reunindo nomes que são referência no estudo de Horácio, Ovídio, Propércio e Virgílio, das mais diversas universidades. Do evento resultou este livro por cujas contribuições esperamos que os estudos sobre poesia augustana possam se renovar e aumentar (augere). A imagem augusta do princeps, perpetuada por mais de dois mil anos, com sua grauitas, eternamente jovem, continuará ainda, queiramos ou não, a se fazer presente, ano a ano, sob o nome do mês que o celebra: agosto. Reunidos por ele, um deus na terra, os poetas aqui discutidos, que o eternizam, também se perpetuam (non omnis moriar), crescendo e renovando-se (crescam recens), pelas novas abordagens, pelo cuidadoso trabalho filológico e pelas discussões proporcionadas pelos autores (autores) deste livro que vem assim organizado em três grandes partes.
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A basic dictionary of classical Latin.
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Εισαγωγή, Κείμενο, Λεξιλόγιο, Μετάφραση, Σχόλια
[Introduction, Text, Vocabulary, Translation, Commentary]
[Introduction, Text, Vocabulary, Translation, Commentary]
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PhD Thesis, University of Leeds ((Department of Classics)
Ovid’s Heroides, both the single and double letters, have been intensively explored in terms of the role and character of the female voice throughout the last few decades. The single letters, in particular, supposedly written by... more
Ovid’s Heroides, both the single and double letters, have been intensively explored in terms of the role and character of the female voice throughout the last few decades. The single letters, in particular, supposedly written by well-known legendary heroines abandoned by, or separated from, their “heroic” husbands or lovers, have been extensively treated as regards Ovid’s, i.e. a male poet’s, ability to successfully assume the female voice and write from the perspective of women, a challenging feat in all respects. On this point Ovidian critics have not reached a unanimous verdict. What about the male voice, though? Is it fully lost under the veil of feminine writing? This paper seeks to bring the male voice to the forefront by examining certain passages from the single Heroides, in which the male voice is heard, either in indirect speech or through direct quoting of the words of the male lovers. It also attempts to trace each female letter-writer’s motivation for quoting these words, the criteria governing the choice of these quotations, and their purpose within each letter.
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In this paper, I examine the way in which Seneca manipulates time and space in his Phaedra. The examination of key passages from the play shed light on the way Seneca builds his tragedy on a nexus of temporal and spatial contrasts.... more
In this paper, I examine the way in which Seneca manipulates time and space in his Phaedra. The examination of key passages from the play shed light on the way Seneca builds his tragedy on a nexus of temporal and spatial contrasts. Seneca’s Phaedra is dominated by two basic contrasting pairs: “here” vs. “there” and “now” vs. “then”. The parallel reading of Seneca’s Phaedra with Euripides’ Hippolytus (‘Ιππόλυτος Στεφανίας or Στεφανηφόρος, “The garland bearer”), one of its main Greek models, enable us to track down the similarities and differences between the two playwrights as regards their handling of time and space.
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Ceres, the Roman counterpart of the Greek goddess Demeter, was the goddess of agriculture, harvest, fertility of the land and family relations. Thanks to these qualities and given the close relationship of the Romans with the earth, Ceres... more
Ceres, the Roman counterpart of the Greek goddess Demeter, was
the goddess of agriculture, harvest, fertility of the land and family relations. Thanks to these qualities and given the close relationship of the Romans with the earth, Ceres held a prominent place in the Roman pantheon as one of the twelve Dii Consentes.
Although Ceres is not one of the deities predominantly related to love, such as primarily (but not exclusively) Venus and Amor, she too features in the love poetry of the Augustan age. In this paper I discuss the seemingly incompatible presence of Ceres in elegiac-erotic contexts, with special emphasis on elegy 3.10 of Ovid’s Amores.
the goddess of agriculture, harvest, fertility of the land and family relations. Thanks to these qualities and given the close relationship of the Romans with the earth, Ceres held a prominent place in the Roman pantheon as one of the twelve Dii Consentes.
Although Ceres is not one of the deities predominantly related to love, such as primarily (but not exclusively) Venus and Amor, she too features in the love poetry of the Augustan age. In this paper I discuss the seemingly incompatible presence of Ceres in elegiac-erotic contexts, with special emphasis on elegy 3.10 of Ovid’s Amores.
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“Fighting Against an Intruder: A Comparative Reading of the Speeches of Pentheus (3.531–563) and Niobe (6.170–202) in Ovid’s Metamorphoses”, in A.N. Michalopoulos, A. Serafim, A. Vatri, F. Beneventano della Corte (eds.), The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature. DG 2021, pp. 213-227more
In this chapter, I attempt a comparative reading of the speeches of Pentheus and Niobe to the Thebans in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Although located in different books, the third (3.531–563) and the sixth (6.170–202) respectively, these two... more
In this chapter, I attempt a comparative reading of the speeches of Pentheus and Niobe to the Thebans in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Although located in different books, the third (3.531–563) and the sixth (6.170–202) respectively, these two speeches offer ample grounds for comparative treatment, since they share a major common theme: a
Theban king and a Theban queen resist their citizens’ worship of a deity. Pentheus does not recognize the divinity of the new god Bacchus, while Niobe denounces the worship of Latona claiming that she herself is far superior. In what follows I discuss and compare the argumentation of Pentheus and Niobe and the language they employ. I explore if and how both speakers try to forge their proximity with the Thebans and promote their bonding and affiliation with them. I also investigate how they attempt to distance themselves from Bacchus and Latona respectively and to arouse their people’s hostility against these religious intruders.
Theban king and a Theban queen resist their citizens’ worship of a deity. Pentheus does not recognize the divinity of the new god Bacchus, while Niobe denounces the worship of Latona claiming that she herself is far superior. In what follows I discuss and compare the argumentation of Pentheus and Niobe and the language they employ. I explore if and how both speakers try to forge their proximity with the Thebans and promote their bonding and affiliation with them. I also investigate how they attempt to distance themselves from Bacchus and Latona respectively and to arouse their people’s hostility against these religious intruders.
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Herakles is taught in Greek elementary schools, from the first grade onwards, as the most important hero of Greek mythology. His labours are widely known to the average Greek and form part of the collective ‘national’ culture and... more
Herakles is taught in Greek elementary schools, from the first grade onwards, as the most important hero of Greek mythology. His labours are widely known to the average Greek and form part of the collective ‘national’ culture and identity. Herakles’ great significance as a cultural figure in modern Greece is strongly felt in various fields, from art and culture to politics, economics and sport.
This chapter explores the reception of Herakles and his labours in the modern Greek press, both printed and electronic. The chapter discusses selected symptomatic appearances of Herakles in a wide range of media, from political newschapters and websites to arts and sporting columns, in order to address a range of questions. These will include: which Heraklean labours are most commonly used and why; what aspect of the hero is most regularly highlighted; what is Herakles’ ideological stamp in modern Greece; for what reasons and purposes and on what occasions is the hero mentioned in news reports and articles’ what (if any) is the development of his image from antiquity to present-day Greece.
This chapter explores the reception of Herakles and his labours in the modern Greek press, both printed and electronic. The chapter discusses selected symptomatic appearances of Herakles in a wide range of media, from political newschapters and websites to arts and sporting columns, in order to address a range of questions. These will include: which Heraklean labours are most commonly used and why; what aspect of the hero is most regularly highlighted; what is Herakles’ ideological stamp in modern Greece; for what reasons and purposes and on what occasions is the hero mentioned in news reports and articles’ what (if any) is the development of his image from antiquity to present-day Greece.
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Ovid’s Metamorphoses is a rich collection of myths, comprising some 250 stories of varying size and content. The number of female figures featuring in this idiosyncratic saga is really impressive, making it particularly suitable for the... more
Ovid’s Metamorphoses is a rich collection of myths, comprising some 250 stories of varying size and content. The number of female figures featuring in this idiosyncratic saga is really impressive, making it particularly suitable for the study of Ovid’s depiction of female characters and of the relationship between men and women. In this paper I will investigate a most characteristic female figure that constitutes a role model for many other female figures in the Metamorphoses: I will discuss Daphne, the daughter of the river Peneus, who features in the programmatic first love story of the epic, her story with the god Apollo (1.452-567).
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In this paper I focus on the questions that Ovid often addresses to various people such as himself, his wife, and other recipients of his letters from exile, friends or foes. I am using Tr. 1,8 as a case study and I discuss the typology... more
In this paper I focus on the questions that Ovid often addresses to various people such as himself, his wife, and other recipients of his letters from exile, friends or foes. I am using Tr. 1,8 as a case study and I discuss the typology of these questions, their position in the poem, their place in the poet’s argumentation, and their role in the poetics of Ovid’s letters from Tomis.
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Throughout his pre-exilic poetry Ovid shows a keen interest in fama in all its meanings and functions: personal reputation (good or bad), fame, glory, literary fame, literary (and mythological) tradition, public opinion, rumour, gossip,... more
Throughout his pre-exilic poetry Ovid shows a keen interest in fama in all
its meanings and functions: personal reputation (good or bad), fame, glory, literary fame, literary (and mythological) tradition, public opinion, rumour, gossip, hearsay. His great interest in Fama/fama culminates in his famous description of her abode in Book 12 of the Metamorphoses (39-63). The subject of this paper is to discuss the use and the role of fama in Ovid’s exilic poetry, written at a time when the circumstances of the poet’s life changed dramatically.
I have selected certain elegies as case studies in which the subject of fama can be classified into the following categories:
1. Fama as reputation and fame, and
2. Fama as news, rumour, hearsay
its meanings and functions: personal reputation (good or bad), fame, glory, literary fame, literary (and mythological) tradition, public opinion, rumour, gossip, hearsay. His great interest in Fama/fama culminates in his famous description of her abode in Book 12 of the Metamorphoses (39-63). The subject of this paper is to discuss the use and the role of fama in Ovid’s exilic poetry, written at a time when the circumstances of the poet’s life changed dramatically.
I have selected certain elegies as case studies in which the subject of fama can be classified into the following categories:
1. Fama as reputation and fame, and
2. Fama as news, rumour, hearsay
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In this paper, I investigate the relationship between Penelope's letter to Odysseus (Her. 1) and the letters of Leander and Hero (Her. 18–19), especially Hero's letter to Leander (Her. 19). The peculiarity of this comparative approach... more
In this paper, I investigate the relationship between Penelope's letter to Odysseus (Her. 1) and the letters of Leander and Hero (Her. 18–19), especially Hero's letter to Leander (Her. 19). The peculiarity of this comparative approach lies mainly in the fact that whereas Penelope and Odysseus were one of the most famous couples in ancient literature and the protagonists of a great epic, the Odyssey, Leander and Hero were considerably less known in Rome during Ovid's time. To prove the close relationship between the letters of Penelope, Leander, and Hero, I present their numerous similarities, and then I suggest the reasons why Ovid took pains to compose the letters of Leander and Hero in a way so closely reminiscent of Penelope's letter to Odysseus.
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This chapter explores how lamentation operates as a covert means of revenge in Ovid's Heroides, a collection of fictional epistolary poems written as though by women from Greek and Roman mythology to the lovers who abandoned and... more
This chapter explores how lamentation operates as a covert means of revenge in Ovid's Heroides, a collection of fictional epistolary poems written as though by women from Greek and Roman mythology to the lovers who abandoned and mistreated them. It interprets the fifth letter, in which the nymph Oenone writes to Paris, her former lover, as a letter of revenge that expresses Oenone's frustration and anger. Ovid's language and imagery alludes to events that await Paris in the dramatic future of the letter, hinting at her revenge to come. Countering the view that the female speakers of the Heroides offer a consistent view of women as pathetic and passive victims, the chapter thus shows how Ovid's female letter-writers can exploit socially prized roles as a means of expressing their anger and preparing for vengeful action.
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Love plays a leading role in the Metamorphoses, despite the apparent epic nature of this work, and often displays the features of a pathological emotion with dire consequences for those involved: a nymph vanishes into thin air when her... more
Love plays a leading role in the Metamorphoses, despite the apparent epic nature of this work, and often displays the features of a pathological emotion with dire consequences for those involved: a nymph vanishes into thin air when her love finds no response; mothers kill their children to get revenge from the men that insulted and hurt them; a daughter kills her father because she falls in love with his enemy; a sister falls in love with her brother; a daughter falls in love with her father; lovers kill or transform their rivals out of morbid jealousy, and so on. This chapter explores the pathology of love in the Metamorphoses by examining two love stories as case studies. The first story is about the love of a god for a nymph (Apollo and Daphne: Met. 1.452–567) and the second is about love between two mortals (Iphis and Anaxarete: Met. 14.698–761). Both stories depict erôs as a disease and a wound, and are discussed here in connection to Ovid’s main thesis in the Remedia amoris that ‘love is curable’. The retrospective reading of the Remedia sheds light upon those stories in which love takes the form of a pathological emotion.
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In this paper I explore the role of memory and oblivion in Ovid’s Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto. I analyze Ovid’s language of memory and oblivion, I focus on what Ovid remembers or chooses to forget, and I investigate how his memories... more
In this paper I explore the role of memory and oblivion in Ovid’s Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto. I analyze Ovid’s language of memory and oblivion, I focus on what Ovid remembers or chooses to forget, and I investigate how his memories shape his exilic identity. Memory appears to be Ovid’s sole companion at Tomis, covering for the absence of his wife and his loved ones. It becomes a substitute for physical presence. Although Ovid is not allowed to live in Rome physically, his memory enables him to travel to Rome mentally. It is Ovid’s mental bridge and connection with his homeland, a surrogate for the senses arousing strong emotion for the poet’s precious faces and places. Through memory Ovid struggles to keep on living his previous life. Memory is a way for him to rebuild his familiar world and to create a haven among the inhospitable, dangerous and barbaric Tomitans.
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My aim in this paper is to discuss the role of hope in Ovid’s exile poetry. I will address the following issues: what can Ovid realistically hope for at Tomis? Who/what are the agents and givers of Ovid’s hope? Who/what is Ovid’s hope... more
My aim in this paper is to discuss the role of hope in Ovid’s exile poetry. I will address the following issues: what can Ovid realistically hope for at Tomis? Who/what are the agents and givers of Ovid’s hope? Who/what is Ovid’s hope affected by? Does Ovid conceive of hope as a positive sentiment or rather as a treacherous emotion which makes his life at Tomis miserable and difficult? How does hope affect the dynamics of Ovid’s exile poetics and his perception of reality? Does Ovid’s hope have any religious connotations? Is it associated with any other emotions?
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Medea fascinated Ovid more than any other female mythical figure. She features in the Ars Amatoria (1.336; 2.381–2), the Heroides (6.75, 127–8, 151; 12 passim; 17.229, 233), the Metamorphoses (7.1–424), and the Tristia (3.9). Ovid also... more
Medea fascinated Ovid more than any other female mythical figure. She features in the Ars Amatoria (1.336; 2.381–2), the Heroides (6.75, 127–8, 151; 12 passim; 17.229, 233), the Metamorphoses (7.1–424), and the Tristia (3.9). Ovid also composed a tragedy called Medea (Am. 2.18.13–16; Tr. 2.553–4), which unfortunately has not survived.1 In the Remedia amoris Medea is mentioned in a list of mythical men and women who would have been cured of their torturing love passion, if Ovid had been their praeceptor. Medea is not named, but the identification is obvious (Rem. am. 59–60): nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem, / quae socii damno sanguinis ulta virum est (‘Nor would a mother's vengeance on her husband / have steeled her heart to slay their progeny’).
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In the Epistulae morales Seneca lays out his moral philosophy, personal wisdom, and life experience, combined with fictitious anecdotes and doctrina of all sorts. Drawing on his rich life experience and on the vast knowledge he acquired... more
In the Epistulae morales Seneca lays out his moral philosophy, personal wisdom, and life experience, combined with fictitious anecdotes and doctrina of all sorts. Drawing on his rich life experience and on the vast knowledge he acquired from his wide range of readings Seneca offers instructions, spiritual direction, practical advice, and moral paraenesis to his friend Lucilius (and to a wider public). To achieve his goal, Seneca uses various means, styles, devices, and rhetorical features, such as ironic parataxis, hypotactic periods, direct speech, sententiae, and quotations of poetry. In this chapter I will discuss two Ovidian quotations in the Epistulae (Ep. 33 and 110). I intend to explore the following issues: why and when does Seneca resort to direct quotation? Which criteria govern the choice of particular passages? What is the role and function of these quotations? How do they serve Seneca’s argumentation, if at all? What do these quotations tell us about his literary taste? Ηow do they operate within Seneca’s intertextual dialogue with his predecessors?
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In this essay I will seek to trace the influence of the "Catalogue of Women" on Ovid's "Heroides", a subject not treated systematically thus far. I will look for thematic affinities, common motifs, markers of allusion, and similarities in... more
In this essay I will seek to trace the influence of the "Catalogue of Women" on Ovid's "Heroides", a subject not treated systematically thus far. I will look for thematic affinities, common motifs, markers of allusion, and similarities in diction which will speak for the interrelation between the Hesiodic "Catalogue" and the Ovidian "Heroides"; I will attempt
to explore the way in which Ovid elaborated on the tradition of the "Catalogue" in order to compose his own innovative work. I will discuss the single "Heroides" and I will focus my attention on Deianira’s letter to Hercules (Her. 9), which, as I suggest, displays some striking points of contact with the "Catalogue".
to explore the way in which Ovid elaborated on the tradition of the "Catalogue" in order to compose his own innovative work. I will discuss the single "Heroides" and I will focus my attention on Deianira’s letter to Hercules (Her. 9), which, as I suggest, displays some striking points of contact with the "Catalogue".
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In this paper I shall attempt to evaluate the reception of Homer in the elegies of Propertius and in Ovid’s Amores. This is certainly not a new field of research, however it offers a good opportunity for some useful observations. I shall... more
In this paper I shall attempt to evaluate the reception of Homer in the elegies of Propertius and in Ovid’s Amores. This is certainly not a new field of research, however it offers a good opportunity for some useful observations. I shall examine which Homeric episodes and characters are more appealing to Propertius and Ovid and why. I shall also explore the type of elegiac context into which Homeric material is assimilated and the way in which this appropriation is achieved. I shall look into the objectives and the (meta)literary goals of the Roman elegists for appropriating Homeric material in their poems, whether it be characters, scenes, episodes or mere allusions. Finally, I shall seek to illustrate the similarities and differences between Propertius and Ovid in their refiguration and reception of the Homeric epics.
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The decision of the emperor Augustus to banish Ovid to Tomi, on the Black Sea coast, in 8 century AD, marked the poet’s life decisively and irrevocably. Ovid struggled to achieve his recall to the capital with the help of his wife and... more
The decision of the emperor Augustus to banish Ovid to Tomi, on the Black Sea coast, in 8 century AD, marked the poet’s life decisively and irrevocably. Ovid struggled to achieve his recall to the capital with the help of his wife and loyal friends who stayed back in Rome. He wrote nine books of elegies (five books entitled the "Tristia" and four entitled the "Epistulae ex Ponto"), in which he depicted his hard life in Tomi and he requested that he may be allowed to move, if not back to Rome, at least to a place closer to the capital, away from the extreme edge of the empire and of the civilized world. One of the ways Ovid tried to achieve his goal was the crafty and targeted
use of myth. The goal of this paper is to examine Ovid’s reception of myth and his use of myth as a means of enriching his arguments and of constructing his own exilic persona. I will focus on Ovid’s utilisation of myth in the third elegy of "Tristia" 1 (1.3). These are the main reasons for choosing this particular elegy:
a) it is one of the first letters of the collection and as such it is programmatic;
it sets out some of the most important aspects of Ovid’s poetics of exile,
b) there are numerous mythological references in this elegy, which enable us
to explore Ovid’s use of myth in his exilic poetry.
use of myth. The goal of this paper is to examine Ovid’s reception of myth and his use of myth as a means of enriching his arguments and of constructing his own exilic persona. I will focus on Ovid’s utilisation of myth in the third elegy of "Tristia" 1 (1.3). These are the main reasons for choosing this particular elegy:
a) it is one of the first letters of the collection and as such it is programmatic;
it sets out some of the most important aspects of Ovid’s poetics of exile,
b) there are numerous mythological references in this elegy, which enable us
to explore Ovid’s use of myth in his exilic poetry.
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Seneca’s plays are an obvious choice for rhetorical analysis, given Seneca’s rhetorical skills and his warm interest in the art of persuasion. Rhetoric plays a vital part in Act 2, Scene 2 of the "Agamemnon" (125-225), the debate between... more
Seneca’s plays are an obvious choice for rhetorical analysis, given Seneca’s rhetorical skills and his warm interest in the art of persuasion. Rhetoric plays a vital part in Act 2, Scene 2 of the "Agamemnon" (125-225), the debate between the queen Clytemnestra and her nurse. On the one hand, Clytemnestra presents the reasons why she seeks revenge against Agamemnon: a) the sacrifice of Iphigenia, b) her injured pride, c) Agamemnon’s infidelities, and d) his new mistress, Cassandra. On the other hand, her unnamed nurse struggles to persuade Clytemnestra to change her mind and abandon her disastrous plans. The aim of this chapter is to discuss certain important rhetorical aspects of this domina-nutrix scene, focusing on persuasion. The following issues will be addressed: what are the principles and techniques of persuasion, logic and emotional, employed by the two women in this debate? How do they present their arguments? What is the content and nature of their argumentation? What can we make of their character and the relationship between them? How does the nurse’s rhetoric influence Clytemnestra? Does she manage to persuade the queen? If not, what are the reasons for her failure? What is the importance of this rhetorical exchange for the development of the play? How does the nurse’s speech relate to Aegisthus’ effort to convince Clytemnestra to stick to their original decision and to further their plan? Does Aegisthus feel compelled to rebut any of the nurse’s arguments when he appears on stage after the exchange between Clytemnestra and the nutrix?
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In this paper I attempt to explore Seneca’s open references and pointed allusions to Claudius’s physical and mental infirmities in his Apocolocyntosis Diui Claudii. Claudius—in full Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus—was a unique... more
In this paper I attempt to explore Seneca’s open references and pointed allusions to Claudius’s physical and mental infirmities in his Apocolocyntosis Diui Claudii. Claudius—in full Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus—was a unique case. A man with severe disabilities and impairments since childbirth, he became emperor of Rome at the age of fifty on the death of his nephew, Caligula, thanks to an extraordinary stroke of luck. Therefore, he is a very promising case study as regards the attitudes of his contemporaries towards the disabled. In this famous satire on the apotheosis of Claudius, the late emperor becomes the target of scorn and laughter. Seneca exploits the comic potential of Claudius’s bodily malfunctions and turns his physical and mental disturbances into comic material. I discuss Seneca’s bitter ridicule of Claudius’s defects and peculiarities, focusing on issues such as laughter as a mechanism of the damnatio memoriae, laughter as revenge, laughter as political com...
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enced by verse A. W. is very obviously intent on declaring Ciris a pre-text for the Augustan poets, and in order to make of those its receptive readers, he has to come up with a known literary author of that day. In his convenient... more
enced by verse A. W. is very obviously intent on declaring Ciris a pre-text for the Augustan poets, and in order to make of those its receptive readers, he has to come up with a known literary author of that day. In his convenient attribution then of yet another pseudo-Virgilian text, Catalepton 9, to the man of his choice, W. forgets one thing, however: that particular poem belongs to the kind typically anchored fast within the context of a liber. In this particular case, furthermore, scholars have now plausibly argued that the liber was designed as the literary lusus of a Virgil impersonator. Why, W. did not think to ask when ‘identifying’ the author of Ciris, does his man’s famous name never appear in the manuscripts, with even the alleged imitatores never mentioning Ciris and Asinius Pollio? Had W. read the latest research on pseudepigrapha, it would have acquainted him with one crucial aspect: it seems evident that the authors deliberately remain anonymous because that allows them to mask themselves as long familiar writers and thereby set the scene for the intended lusus. Readers are supposed to detect and savour the skill with which impersonators slip into character and wield the intertextual tools that create allusions not only to the classic works of the great authors impersonated, but also to those of more recent writers. Ciris and other such texts need to be interpreted with that lusus and all its implications in mind: W.’s uncritical reviving of historicising approaches will simply not do. It is also high time that Classicists recognised this epyllion as a work of poetry and produced, for example, incisive analyses of the way in which its author handles the material. Bretzigheimer has already taken the first steps and demonstrated how masterfully the anonymous author retells the myth by applying canny structuring and psychology. That is the road that ought to be travelled and not the one that turns into a sort of cross-author hunt for the elusive Mr X. W.’s book has shown where that can end.
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Review of: Battistella, Ch. (ed.), P. Ovidii Nasonis “Heroidum Epistula” 10: Ariadne Theseo. Introduzione, testo e commento. Texte und Kommentare Bd 35, Berlin - New York: De Gruyter, 2010, Exemplaria Classica 15 (2011): 407-12
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... Ovid's Last Wor (l) d 283 mountains above Tomis: Ovid is offered a broad overview of the world, in order to perform his mission more ... But the servant simply shrugged and fell silent.' In an attempt to answer the... more
... Ovid's Last Wor (l) d 283 mountains above Tomis: Ovid is offered a broad overview of the world, in order to perform his mission more ... But the servant simply shrugged and fell silent.' In an attempt to answer the aforementioned questions, I would suggest that the poet does not ...
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Ciceronian vs Socratic Dialogue in the De divinatione, in The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature, ed. by Andreas Michalopoulos, Andreas Serafim, Flaminia Beneventano della Corte, and Alessandro Vatri, Trends in Classics – Supplementary Volume 108, Berlin / Boston 2021, 405-412.more
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Organising Department: -- Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus Co-sponsors: -- Department of Classics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens -- Department of Classics and Philosophy, University... more
Organising Department:
-- Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus
Co-sponsors:
-- Department of Classics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
-- Department of Classics and Philosophy, University of Cyprus
Conveners:
-- Kyriakos Demetriou (Cyprus)
-- Sophia Papaioannou (Athens)
-- Andreas Serafim (Cyprus/ OU Cyprus/ Trinity College Dublin)
Keynote speaker:
-- Michael Gagarin (Austin)
Confirmed speakers:
-- Adele Scafuro (Brown)
-- Alessandro Vatri (Oxford)
-- Andreas Hetzel (Hildesheim)
-- Andreas Michalopoulos (Athens)
-- Antonis Petrides (OU Cyprus)
-- Antonis Tsakmakis (Cyprus)
-- Benoit Sans (Brussels)
-- Brenda Griffith-Williams (UCL)
-- Christopher Carey (UCL)
-- Costas Apostolakis (Crete)
-- Dimos Spatharas (Crete)
-- Eleni Volonaki (Peloponnese)
-- Flaminia Beneventano della Corte (Siena)
-- Francesca Scrofani (EHESS/Università degli Studi di Trento)
-- Gabriel Danzig (Bar Ilan University)
-- Georgios Vassiliades (Paris IV-Sorbonne)
-- Jakob Wisse (Newcastle)
-- Jennifer Devereaux (Southern California)
-- Jessica Evans (Middlebury)
-- Jon Hesk (St Andrews)
-- Judith Mossman (Nottingham)
-- Kathryn Tempest (Roehampton)
-- Margot Neger (Salzburg)
-- Maria Kythreotou (Cyprus)
-- Michael Paschalis (Crete)
-- Rebecca van Hove (KCL)
-- Ricardo Gancz (Bar Ilan University)
-- Robert Sing (Cambridge)
-- Roger Brock (Leeds)
-- Sophia Xenophontos (Glasgow)
-- Stephen Todd (Manchester)
-- T. Davina McClain (Northwestern State University)
-- Tazuko Angela van Berkel (Leiden)
-- Thierry Hirsh (Oxford)
-- Tzu-I Liao (UCL)
-- Victoria Pagan (Florida)
-- Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus
Co-sponsors:
-- Department of Classics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
-- Department of Classics and Philosophy, University of Cyprus
Conveners:
-- Kyriakos Demetriou (Cyprus)
-- Sophia Papaioannou (Athens)
-- Andreas Serafim (Cyprus/ OU Cyprus/ Trinity College Dublin)
Keynote speaker:
-- Michael Gagarin (Austin)
Confirmed speakers:
-- Adele Scafuro (Brown)
-- Alessandro Vatri (Oxford)
-- Andreas Hetzel (Hildesheim)
-- Andreas Michalopoulos (Athens)
-- Antonis Petrides (OU Cyprus)
-- Antonis Tsakmakis (Cyprus)
-- Benoit Sans (Brussels)
-- Brenda Griffith-Williams (UCL)
-- Christopher Carey (UCL)
-- Costas Apostolakis (Crete)
-- Dimos Spatharas (Crete)
-- Eleni Volonaki (Peloponnese)
-- Flaminia Beneventano della Corte (Siena)
-- Francesca Scrofani (EHESS/Università degli Studi di Trento)
-- Gabriel Danzig (Bar Ilan University)
-- Georgios Vassiliades (Paris IV-Sorbonne)
-- Jakob Wisse (Newcastle)
-- Jennifer Devereaux (Southern California)
-- Jessica Evans (Middlebury)
-- Jon Hesk (St Andrews)
-- Judith Mossman (Nottingham)
-- Kathryn Tempest (Roehampton)
-- Margot Neger (Salzburg)
-- Maria Kythreotou (Cyprus)
-- Michael Paschalis (Crete)
-- Rebecca van Hove (KCL)
-- Ricardo Gancz (Bar Ilan University)
-- Robert Sing (Cambridge)
-- Roger Brock (Leeds)
-- Sophia Xenophontos (Glasgow)
-- Stephen Todd (Manchester)
-- T. Davina McClain (Northwestern State University)
-- Tazuko Angela van Berkel (Leiden)
-- Thierry Hirsh (Oxford)
-- Tzu-I Liao (UCL)
-- Victoria Pagan (Florida)
Research Interests: Classics, Greek Literature, Latin Literature, Greek History, Greek Tragedy, and 53 moreGreek Comedy, Roman Historiography, Communication, Rhetoric, Languages and Linguistics, Performance Studies, Roman Law, Political Science, Politics, Political communication, Applied Linguistics, Ancient Historiography, Oratory, Greek Theatre, Cognitive Linguistics, Cicero, Greek Lyric Poetry, Ekphrasis, Latin Language and Literature, Linguistics, Plutarch, Persuasion, Thucydides, Xenophon, Greek Law, Ancient Greek Rhetoric, Ancient Greek History, Ancient Greek Historiography, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Ancient Greek and Roman Theatre, Demosthenes, Attic Orators, Debate, Herodotus, Greco-Roman rhetoric, Tacitus, Ancient Greek Language, Ancient Greek Law, Greek Oratory, Aeschines, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, The Greek and Latin Classics, Ancient Greek Literature, Grammar, Livy, Lysias, Ancient Greek Theatre, Ancient Greek Comedy, Ancient Roman Rhetoric, Political Oratory, Attic Oratory, Attic Law, and Roman Oratory
This conference aims to shed new light on the capacity of rhetoric, as used in Greek and Roman prose (mainly oratory and historiography) and poetry (mainly in tragedy and comedy), to promote either bonding and affiliation or distancing... more
This conference aims to shed new light on the capacity of rhetoric, as used in Greek and Roman prose (mainly oratory and historiography) and poetry (mainly in tragedy and comedy), to promote either bonding and affiliation or distancing and division between the speaker and the audience. From the ancient Greco-Roman courts and assemblies to today’s political discourse, rhetoric is inherently divisive. It focuses on appealing to core groups and defining oneself against others.
In his sturdy book, A Rhetoric of Motives, Kenneth Burke argues that a fundamental purpose of rhetoric is identification: a speaker gives signs to the audience, mainly through language, indicating that his “properties” are the same or similar to those of the audience, thereby affirming a community with the audience and forging proximity. This is what Burke calls “consubstantiality” – the sharing of substance between two individuals – a process that ends in persuasion. Rhetoric also has the capacity to generate division or prolong hostility, persuading the audience by setting up people, matters or ideas as antithetical to the listeners. Rhetoric, in other words, creates a community: a conscious, psychological attachment to a group and the belief that this group has shared interests that are, in turn, at odds with those of other groups that may be constructed or implied by the speaker. Psychological and social studies indicate that the activation of group attitudes and identities and inter-group relations – in-group solidarity and out-group hostility – have a huge effect on the behaviours and attitudes in target audiences (e.g. Miller et al. 1981; Conover 1984; Lau 1989; Huddy 2003).
The techniques of unity and division in respect to rhetoric have been widely studied in classical scholarship, but only in a fragmentary way: there is no single, systematic and comprehensive study of these techniques. This gives scope for further research since there are several open questions: what forms does the rhetoric of identification take in Greek and Roman prose and poetry? What do these forms tell us about the speaker’s purpose, and how does he exploit them to the best rhetorical effect? What sources do we have about the reaction of the audience? How much difference does the nature of the speeches – forensic, deliberative and epideictic – make in the exploitation of the rhetoric of community and division?
Topics may include, but are not limited to considerations of:
a. language;
b. emotions;
c. performance;
d. memory;
e. humour theory;
f. gender-based approaches;
g. religion;
h. narrative, argumentation, ēthopoiia and other techniques that reinforce affiliation/ disaffiliation to groups.
In his sturdy book, A Rhetoric of Motives, Kenneth Burke argues that a fundamental purpose of rhetoric is identification: a speaker gives signs to the audience, mainly through language, indicating that his “properties” are the same or similar to those of the audience, thereby affirming a community with the audience and forging proximity. This is what Burke calls “consubstantiality” – the sharing of substance between two individuals – a process that ends in persuasion. Rhetoric also has the capacity to generate division or prolong hostility, persuading the audience by setting up people, matters or ideas as antithetical to the listeners. Rhetoric, in other words, creates a community: a conscious, psychological attachment to a group and the belief that this group has shared interests that are, in turn, at odds with those of other groups that may be constructed or implied by the speaker. Psychological and social studies indicate that the activation of group attitudes and identities and inter-group relations – in-group solidarity and out-group hostility – have a huge effect on the behaviours and attitudes in target audiences (e.g. Miller et al. 1981; Conover 1984; Lau 1989; Huddy 2003).
The techniques of unity and division in respect to rhetoric have been widely studied in classical scholarship, but only in a fragmentary way: there is no single, systematic and comprehensive study of these techniques. This gives scope for further research since there are several open questions: what forms does the rhetoric of identification take in Greek and Roman prose and poetry? What do these forms tell us about the speaker’s purpose, and how does he exploit them to the best rhetorical effect? What sources do we have about the reaction of the audience? How much difference does the nature of the speeches – forensic, deliberative and epideictic – make in the exploitation of the rhetoric of community and division?
Topics may include, but are not limited to considerations of:
a. language;
b. emotions;
c. performance;
d. memory;
e. humour theory;
f. gender-based approaches;
g. religion;
h. narrative, argumentation, ēthopoiia and other techniques that reinforce affiliation/ disaffiliation to groups.
Research Interests: Gender Studies, Rhetoric, Languages and Linguistics, Performance Studies, Gender, and 18 morePerformance, Rhetorical Criticism, Memory Studies, Linguistics, Community, Ancient Greek Religion, Persuasion, Rhetorical Theory, Ancient Greek Rhetoric, Ancient Greek History, Emotions, Humour Studies, Ancient Greek Language, Humour, Ancient Roman Rhetoric, Group Identity, Division, and Ancient Rhetoric and Poetics
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Research Interests: Religion, Ancient History, Classics, Communication, Theatre Studies, and 13 moreRhetoric, Languages and Linguistics, Audience Studies, Laughter, Audience and Reception Studies, Politics, Drama, Performance, Emotions (Social Psychology), Oratory, Persuasion, Academic Emotions and Motivation, and Humour Studies
An edited two-volume set in Chinese. Jinyu Liu (ed), New Frontiers of Research on Ovid in a Global Context (Quan qiu shi ye xia de gu luo ma shi ren ao wei de yan jiu qian yan). Studies in Western Classics Series (xi fang gu dian xue yan... more
An edited two-volume set in Chinese. Jinyu Liu (ed), New Frontiers of Research on Ovid in a Global Context (Quan qiu shi ye xia de gu luo ma shi ren ao wei de yan jiu qian yan). Studies in Western Classics Series (xi fang gu dian xue yan jiu xi lie cong shu). Peking University Press (Bei jing da xue chu ban she), 2021. ISBN: 9787301321737 (for Volume I); ISBN: 9787301322093 (for Volume II). Forty-two colleagues from 13 countries contributed to the completion of the book. Languages that appear in the text, footnotes, quotations, and bibliography include Chinese, English, French,