Hellenistic Arming in the Batrakhomyomakhia
Scholarship has long argued that the <em>Batrachomyomachia (BM)</em> is to be dated to the Hellenistic period or later, but the question of its literary affiliations in this context has only recently been addressed. Usually considered an example of παρωιδία, the poem is a unique example...
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2014
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| description | Scholarship has long argued that the <em>Batrachomyomachia (BM)</em> is to be dated to the Hellenistic period or later, but the question of its literary affiliations in this context has only recently been addressed. Usually considered an example of παρωιδία, the poem is a unique example of that genre in several respects, including the extent to which it develops its own formularity rather than merely mirroring the Homeric exemplar with minimal change, and the fact that it was passed off as the work of Homer himself instead of being self-consciously distanced from the parodied author. It is therefore fitting that the <em>BM</em> is also unusual for ancient parody in dealing with the scholarly discourse surrounding its primary exemplar. This note offers, as an(other) example of this tendency, the <em>BM</em>'s engagement with the Homeric arming scene, and its reception in Hellenistic poetry and scholarship.. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:bff78c79-252a-4661-9105-7b2b11ba4c122022-03-27T05:51:15ZHellenistic Arming in the BatrakhomyomakhiaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:bff78c79-252a-4661-9105-7b2b11ba4c12Symplectic Elements at OxfordCambridge University Press2014Kelly, AScholarship has long argued that the <em>Batrachomyomachia (BM)</em> is to be dated to the Hellenistic period or later, but the question of its literary affiliations in this context has only recently been addressed. Usually considered an example of παρωιδία, the poem is a unique example of that genre in several respects, including the extent to which it develops its own formularity rather than merely mirroring the Homeric exemplar with minimal change, and the fact that it was passed off as the work of Homer himself instead of being self-consciously distanced from the parodied author. It is therefore fitting that the <em>BM</em> is also unusual for ancient parody in dealing with the scholarly discourse surrounding its primary exemplar. This note offers, as an(other) example of this tendency, the <em>BM</em>'s engagement with the Homeric arming scene, and its reception in Hellenistic poetry and scholarship.. |
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