Nicander of Colophon's Theriaca : a literary commentary /

In modern times the Theriaca of Nicander of Colophon (2nd century BCE) has not attracted many enthusiasts. Its complicated style, abstruse diction and technical subject matter ¿́¿ venomous bites and their remedies ¿́¿ have long put off classical scholars. In the wake of renewed interest in Hellenist...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Overduin, Floris, 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.
Colección:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; v. 374.
Temas:
Nicander, > of Colophon. > Theriaca.
Theriaca (Nicander, of Colophon)
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Theriaca (Nicander Colophonius)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Proefschriften (vorm)
Commentaren (vorm)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 5.9. Structuring Devices: Acrostic and Sphragis
  • 5.10. Lexical Structural Markers
  • 5.11. Conclusion
  • 6.1. The Language of Epic
  • 6.2. Lexical Innovation
  • 6.3.(Pseudo- )Archaic Elements
  • 6.4. Learned Diction: Hapax Legomena
  • 6.5. Hellenistic Borrowings
  • 6.6. Punning and Etymology
  • 6.7. Kennings
  • 6.8. Marked Word-Patterning
  • 6.9. Hypallage, Inconcinnitas
  • 6.10. Variatio
  • 6.11. Metre
  • 6.12. Conclusion
  • 7.1. Preliminaries
  • 7.2. Boundaries
  • 7.3. Intertextuality in the Theriaca
  • 7.4. Conclusion
  • 8.1. Personcation
  • 8.2. Enargeia
  • 8.3. Aetiology and Mythology
  • 8.4.Comical Elements
  • 8.5. Learned Topography
  • 8.6. The Theriaca and the Paradoxographical Tradition
  • 8.7. Similes and Metaphors
  • 8.8. Battle Imagery
  • 8.9. Conclusion
  • 9.1. Readers of Epic
  • 9.2. Epic Poets
  • 9.3. Grammarians
  • 9.4. Authors Dealing with Medicine and Biology
  • 9.5. Nicandrean Scholarship in the Early Modern Period
  • 9.6. Conclusion.

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