The Alexandra of Lycophron (PDF)
A Literary Study
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This monograph is a literary study of Lycophron's Alexandra, whose obscurity, a quality notorious already in antiquity, has long hampered holistic approaches. Through a series of distinct but closely integrated literary studies of major aspects of the poem,...
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This monograph is a literary study of Lycophron's Alexandra, whose obscurity, a quality notorious already in antiquity, has long hampered holistic approaches. Through a series of distinct but closely integrated literary studies of major aspects of the poem, including its style, its engagement with the traditions of epic and tragedy, and it's treatment of heroism and of the gods, the book explores the way the Alexandra reconfigures Greek mythology.
In particular, as it is presented in Homeric epic and Athenian tragedy, in order to cast the Romans and their restoration of Trojan glory as the ultimate telos of history.
In this sense, the poem emerges as an important intermediary between Homeric epic and Latin poetry, particularly Vergil's Aeneid. By rewriting specific features of the epic and tragic traditions, the Alexandra denies to Greek heroes the glory that was the traditional compensation for their suffering, while at the same time attributing to Cassandra's Trojan family honours framed in the traditional language of Greek heroism. In this sense, the figure of Cassandra, a prophetess
traditionally gifted with the power of foresight but denied credibility, self-reflexively serves as a vehicle for exploring the potentials and limitations of poetry.
In particular, as it is presented in Homeric epic and Athenian tragedy, in order to cast the Romans and their restoration of Trojan glory as the ultimate telos of history.
In this sense, the poem emerges as an important intermediary between Homeric epic and Latin poetry, particularly Vergil's Aeneid. By rewriting specific features of the epic and tragic traditions, the Alexandra denies to Greek heroes the glory that was the traditional compensation for their suffering, while at the same time attributing to Cassandra's Trojan family honours framed in the traditional language of Greek heroism. In this sense, the figure of Cassandra, a prophetess
traditionally gifted with the power of foresight but denied credibility, self-reflexively serves as a vehicle for exploring the potentials and limitations of poetry.
Autoren-Porträt von Charles McNelis, Alexander Sens
Charles McNelis is an Associate Professor of Classics at Georgetown University. He has written articles on Greek and Latin literature, and is the author of Statius' Thebaid and the Poetics of Civil War (Cambridge UP, 2007).Alexander Sens is Markos and Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis Chair of Classics at Georgetown University. He specializes in the poetry of the late Classical and Hellenistic periods, and is the author of a series of editions of and commentaries on Greek poems, including most recently Asclepiades of Samos: Epigrams and Fragments (Oxford, 2011).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Charles McNelis , Alexander Sens
- 2016, 272 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0191088579
- ISBN-13: 9780191088575
- Erscheinungsdatum: 24.06.2016
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