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The versatile needle : Hosidius Geta's cento "Medea" and its tradition /
Thecento-tragedy Medea usually attributed to Hosidius Geta was transmitted in the Codex Salmasianus (now Codex Parisinus 10318). This is a comprehensive study and reevaluation of the text against the background of the ancient cento tradition, also providing a new English translation. After developin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter,
2012.
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| Colección: | Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ;
Bd. 15. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prolegomena; 1 Origin and Development of the Cento; 1.1 The Greek Cento; 1.1.1 Precursors of the Greek Cento: Rhapsody and Pastiche; 1.1.2 The Beginnings; 1.2 The Latin Cento; 1.3 Summary; 2 What is a Cento?; 2.1 Technique; 2.2 Original context; 2.3 The Establishment of the Primary Text; 2.4 Why Write a Cento?; 2.5 The Ancient Vergilian Centos: A Brief Overview; 2.6 Summary; 3 Hosidius Geta, Medea: an Introduction; 3.1 Geta's Medea : The Latin Text; 3.2 The Plot; 3.3 Transmission; 3.4 The Author; 4 Hosidius Geta's Medea : Form and Technique; 4.1 Meter.
- 4.2 "Cheating"
- Changing the Vergilian Text4.3 Reinterpreting the Primary Text Semantically and Grammatically; 4.4 Summary; 5 The Relationship Between Cento and Primary Text; 5.1 Prologue (1-24) / First Choral Song (25-51); 5.2 Medea
- Creon (52-103) / Second Choral Song (104-147); 5.3 Medea
- Nurse (148-180); 5.4 Jason
- Medea (181-283) / Third Choral Song (284-312); 5.5 The Messenger's Report (313-373); 5.6 Medea
- Nurse (374-381) / Infanticide Scene (382-407); 5.7 The Final Scene: Medea's Departure (408-461); 5.8 Summary; 6 Hosidius Geta's Place in the Medea Tradition.
- 6.1 Verbal Allusions6.2 Alexandrian Footnotes; 6.3 Imitatio and Aemulatio: Innovations in Geta's Play; 6.4 Conclusion; Bibliography; Indices.