Brill’s Companion to Greek and Latin \_\_Epyllion\_\_ and Its Reception

In classical scholarship of the past two centuries, the term epyllion was used to label short hexametric texts mainly ascribable to the Hellenistic period (Greek) or the Neoterics (Latin). Apart from their brevity, characteristics such as a predilection for episodic narration or female characters were regarded as typically epyllic features. However, in Antiquity itself, the texts we call epyllia were not considered a coherent genre, which seems to be an innovation of the late 18th century. The contributions in this book not only re-examine some important (and some lesser known) Greek and Latin primary texts, but also critically reconsider the theoretical discourses attached to it, and also sketch their literary and scholarly reception in the Byzantine and Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Modern Age. « Minder. Contents: A Short Introduction To The Ancient Epyllion / Manuel Baumbach And Silvio Bär ; Part 1. History And Development Of The Term And Concept Of The {u2018}epyllion{u2019}. Before The Epyllion: Concepts And Texts / Virgilio Masciadri ; On The Origins Of The Modern Term {u2018}epyllion{u2019}: Some Revisions To A Chapter In The History Of Classical Scholarship / Stefan Tilg ; Catullus 64: The Perfect Epyllion? / Gail Trimble ; Part 2.^ The Archaic And Pre-hellenistic Period The Songs Of Demodocus: Compression And Extension In Greek Narrative Poetry / Richard Hunter ; Demodokos{u2019} Song Of Ares And Aphrodite In Homer{u2019} Odyssey (8.266-366): An Epyllion? {u2013} Agonistic Performativity And Cultural Metapoetics / Anton Bierl ; Borderline Experiences With Genre: The Homeric Hymn To Aphrodite Between Epic, Hymn And Epyllic Poetry / Manuel Baumbach ; Rhapsodic Hymns And Epyllia / Ivana Petrovic ; A Proto-epyllion? The Pseudo-hesiodic Shield And The Poetics Of Deferral / Peter Bing ; Part 3. The Hellenistic Period. Pindaric Narrative Technique In The Hellenistic Epyllion / Christine Luz ; The Hecale And Hellenistic Conceptions Of Short Hexameter Narratives / Kathryn Gutzwiller ; Miniaturizing The Huge: Hercules On A Small Scale (theocritus Idylls 13 And 24) / Benjamin Acosta-hughes ; Herakles In Bits And Pieces: Id. 25 In The Corpus Theocriteum / Thomas A.^ Schmitz ; Achilles At Scyros, And One Of His Fans: The Epithalamium Of Achilles And Deidameia (buc. Gr. 157-158 Gow) / Marco Fantuzzi ; Part 4. The Late Roman Republic And The Augustan Period. Eis Epē Kai Elegeias Anagein: The Erotika Pathemata Of Parthenius Of Nicaea / Jacqueline J.h.klooster ; A Virgo Infelix: Calvus{u2019} Io Vis-à-vis Other Cow-and-bull Stories / Regina Höschele ; The Tenth Book Of Ovid{u2019}s Metamorphoses As Orpheus{u2019} Epyllion / Ulrich Eigler ; Part 5. The Imperial Period. The Fast And The Furious: Triphiodorus{u2019} Reception Of Homer In The Capture Of Troy / Vincent Tomasso ; Musaeus, Hero And Leander: Between Epic And Novel / Nicola Nina Dümmler ; {u2018}museum Of Words{u2019}: Christodorus, The Art Of Ekphrasis And The Epyllic Genre / Silvio Bär ; The Motif Of The Rape Of Europa: Intertextuality And Absurdity Of The Myth In Epyllion And Epic Insets / Peter Kuhlmann ; Part 6. The Middle Ages And Beyond.^ {u2018}epyllion{u2019} Or {u2018}short Epic{u2019} In The Latin Literature Of The Middle Ages? / Carmen Cardelle De Hartmann & Peter Stotz ; Short Mythological Epic In Neo-latin Literature / Martin Korenjak ; Robert Burns{u2019} Tam O{u2019}shanter: A Lallans Epyllion? / Ewen L. Bowie. Edited By Manuel Baumbach And Silvio Bär. Series Statement From Publisher's Website. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 563-596) And Indexes Concepts and Texts 3 Some Revisions to a Chapter in the History of Classical Scholarship 29 The Perfect Epyllion? 55 Part 2 The Archaic and PreHellenistic Period 81 Compression and Extension in Greek Narrative Poetry 83 An Epyllion? Agonistic Performativity and Cultural Metapoetics 111 The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite between Epic Hymn and Epyllic Poetry 135 Rhapsodic Hymns and Epyllia 149 A ProtoEpyllion? The PseudoHesiodic Shield and The Poetics of Deferral 177 Part 3 The Hellenistic Period 199 Pindaric Narrative Technique in the Hellenistic Epyllion 201 The Hecale and Hellenistic Conceptions of Short Hexameter Narratives 221 Hercules on a Small Scale Theocritus Idylls 13 and 24 245 Id 25 in the Corpus Theocriteum 259 The Epithalamium of Achilles and Deidameia Buc Gr 157158 Gow 283 Part 4 The Late Roman Republic and The Augustan Period 307 The Erotika Pathemata of Parthenius of Nicaea 309 Calvus Io visàvis Other CowAndBull Stories 333 The Tenth Book of Ovids Metamorphoses as Orpheus Epyllion 355 Part 5 The Imperial Period 369 Triphiodorus Reception of Homer in the Capture of Troy 371 Between Epic and Novel 411 Christodorus the Art of Ekphrasis and the Epyllic Genre 447 Intertextuality and Absurdity of the Myth in Epyllion and Epic Insets 473 Part 6 The Middle Ages and Beyond 491 Epyllion or Short Epic in the Latin Literature of the Middle Ages? 493 Short Mythological Epic in NeoLatin Literature 519 A Lallans Epyllion? 537 Bibliography 563 General Index 597 Index Locorum 617 Index of Selected Greek Words 639 This book offers a critical re-examination of some important (and some lesser known) texts which are commonly labelled 'epyllia' in classical scholarship. It traces the history of the generic term 'epyllion' and sketches the literary and scholarly reception of these texts.