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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; Band 305
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Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; Bd. 305.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Muse at Play: An Introduction; I. Discourses of Play; The Sympotic Tease; "You Make Less Sense than a (New) Dithyramb": Sociology of a Riddling Style; Magic Squares, Alphabet Jumbles, Riddles and More: The Culture of Word-Games among the Graffiti of Pompeii; II. The Ancient Riddle: Theory and Practice; What Has It Got in Its Pocketses? Or, What Makes a Riddle a Riddle?; Technopaegnia in Heraclitus and the Delphic Oracles: Shared Compositional Techniques; "Gods Cannot Tell Lies": Riddling and Ancient Greek Divination; Were There Hellenistic Riddle Books? |
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The Rhetoric of the Riddle in the Alexandra of LycophronIn scirpo nodum: Symphosius' Reworking of the Riddle Form; III. Visual Poetry in the Text and on the Stone; The Treachery of Verbal Images: Viewing the Greek technopaegnia; Nicander's Aesopic Acrostic and Its Antidote; Greek Acrostic Verse Inscriptions; Sopha grammata: Acrostichs in Greek and Latin Inscriptions from Arachosia, Nubia and Libya; IV. Case Studies; Versus anacyclici: The Case of P. Sorb. 72v (= adesp. com. fr. 52 PCG); A Palindrome, an Acrostich and a Riddle: Three Solutions; Triple Tipple: Ausonius' Griphus ternarii numeri. |
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V. Playful ReceptionsThe Aulularia inversa of Joannes Burmeister; Waste of Time or Artistic Expression? Notes on poesis artificiosa of the Modern Era; Note on Contributors and Editors; Index of Passages Discussed; General Index. |
| Summary |
Riddles and other word games are widespread in classical literature and played a crucial role in shaping Greek and Roman cultural discourses, yet few efforts have been made to treat them in all their variety and complexity. This volume, the fruit of a conference held in May 2011 by the Institute of Classical Studies of the University of Warsaw, gathers contributions on a range of topics linked by the theme of linguistic play. With its broad spectrum of approaches, the book serves as companion to a fascinating but somewhat neglected area of ancient culture - the domain of the Playful Muse. |
| Local Note |
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Greek poetry -- History and criticism.
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Greek poetry. |
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Latin poetry -- History and criticism.
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Latin poetry. |
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Riddles in literature.
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Riddles in literature. |
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Plays on words -- Early works to 1800.
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Plays on words. |
| Chronological Term |
Early works to 1800 |
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Rhetoric, Ancient.
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Rhetoric, Ancient. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Early works.
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| Added Author |
Kwapisz, Jan.
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Petrain, David.
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Szymański, Mikołaj.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Muse at Play. 9783110270006 3110270005 (DLC) 2012040950 |
| ISBN |
3110270617 (electronic book) |
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9783110270617 (electronic book) |
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9783110270006 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
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3110270005 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
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