Description
Book SynopsisBefore the publication of the second-century AD papyrus containing eight and a fragmentary ninth of the Mimiambs of Herodas in 1891, Herodas was known only through approximately twenty lines which had survived in quotations found principally in Athenaios and Stobaios.
Trade Review...Zanker has done a fine job, succeeding admirably in serving both undergraduate students and those more advanced in Alexandrian poetry. Many details are explained well, and the commentary...gives a wide range of information.'
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION The Mimiambs and the Question of Performance Herodas' Metre Herodas' Dialect Herodas Mimiambs Mimiambs1 Characters and characterisation Mimiambs 1 and Theokritos' Idylls 2, 14 and 15 Mimiambs 2 The characterisation of Battaros Mimiambs 3 Characters and interactions in Mimiambs 3 Mimiambs 4 Constructing the scene Constructing the works of art in the scene Mimiambs 4 and Hellenistic art criticism Mimiambs 5 Characters and characterisation Setting Mimiambs 6 Characters and characterisation The objectivity of Herodas Mimiambs 7 Metro and kerdon Kerdon's salesmanship Mimiambs 8 Mimiambs 8 as a statement of Herodas' literary program The Fragments
