DAS SYISUM DER XII SAPIENTES by Anne Friedrich ( 9783110170597 )

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DAS SYISUM DER XII SAPIENTES
KOMMENATR UNDE VERFASSERFRAGE

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ISBN 10:

3110170590

ISBN 13:

9783110170597

Publisher:

DE GRUYTER

Pub. date:

30 November, 2001

Edition:

Reprint 2013 ed.

Series:

Texte und Kommentare/Eine Altertumswissenschaftliche Reihe 22

Pages:

504

Description:

The "Carmina XII sapientum" is a corpus of inscriptions from late classical antiquity. This study provides a commentary on the individual elements of the corpus, dealing with all its textual, linguistic, stylistic and content-related aspects.

Synopsis:

The "Carmina XII sapientum" is a corpus of inscriptions from late classical antiquity which was widely received in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It consists of 12 cycles of 12 poems, each cycle with a different theme. The titles of the manuscripts name twelve scholars as the authors. This study provides a detailed critical commentary on the individual elements of the corpus, dealing with all its textual, linguistic, stylistic and content-related aspects. The commentary on each cycle is preceded by a historical treatment of the motifs. In the process, the author reaches a new interpretation of this collection of epigrams. She presents it as a jocular work in the ancient literary tradition of the symposium; it was produced at the turn of the 4th century AD by a rhetorically skilled author already versed in Christian discourses, probably by the rhetor and later Christian apologist Lactantius.

Publication:

Germany

Imprint:

Walter de Gruyter & Co

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Non-returnable

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