The Greek Anthology from Meleager to Planudes

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993

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The Greek Anthology is one of the great books of European literature, `a garden containing the flowers and weeds of 1500 years of Greek epigram'. This study adds a wealth of new information about its growth over an even longer period, from the earliest papyrus anthologies down to the rediscovery in 1606 of the Palatine Anthology (AP), our principal source for the entire history of the Greek epigram, from Simonides to the Byzantine age. It was a Byzantine schoolmaster, Constantine Cephalas, who excerpted all the major ancient collections in about 900. His work is reconstructed in this book from a close analysis of the Palatine Anthology at about 940 and the various later collections. Following a number of neglected clues, Professor Cameron identifies the compiler of AP as Constantine the Rhodian, and solves the mystery of the Manderings of AP during the Renaissance, showing that it once belonged to Sir Thomas More.

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Utgivningsdatum1993-04-29
Mått146 x 224 x 30 mm
Vikt699 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor432
FörlagClarendon Press
ISBN9780198140238

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Epigram and anthology; the "Garlands" and the "Cycle"; some dates; Rufinus, Diogenian, Ausonium - a 4th century Greek anthology; the palatine manuscript and its scribes; cephalas; the "Syllogae Minores"; the "Appendix Barbenino-Vaticana"; Laurentianus XXX11. 16; the "Sylloge Parisina"; the "Sylloge Euphemiana"; the Suda; Arethas and Cephalas; Constantine Porphyrogenitus; AP xv, Constantine the Rhodian, and J. Appendices: Marc. gr. 481 and BM Add. 16409; BM Add. 16409 and Par. gr. 2744; the two exemplars of Marc. gr. 481; Laur. 91.8 and 32.50; the "Soros"; Planudea 1V - Urbinas gr. 125; P. Oxy. 3724; the Peplos.

brilliant new book ... Cameron surveys the whole history ... [and] brings to it new finds, new research and a systematic rigour rarely seen before ... Large parts of Cameron's book consist of detailed analysis, crisply and lucidly set out ... But there is much more here than textual genealogy ... Even by Alan Cameron's standards, this is a tour de force of plenary learning and incisive intelligence.