Imitate Anacreon!: Mimesis, Poiesis, And The Poetic Inspiration In The Carmina Anacreontea Mimesis, Poiesis, And The Poetic Inspiration In The Carmina Anacreontea

Despite their rich tradition, the __Carmina Anacreontea__ transmitted in the Palatine Anthology have received little scholarly attention. This neglect is linked to questions concerning their authenticity. Long read as poems by the ancient lyricist Anacreon, they are now regarded instead as imitations of Anacreontic lyricism. This volume presents the latest findings on the language, poetology, tradition, and reception of this lyrical collection. Preserved In The Anthologia Palatina, The Carmina Anacreontea Have Enjoyed Widespread Reception. The Sixty Short Poems On Different Sympotic Topics Such As Love, Wine, And Song Were Composed Predominantly Duting The Imperial Age In Imitation Of Anacreon's Archaic Lyric. This Volume Presents The Latest Scholarship On The Language, Tradition, And Reception Of This Collection And Explores The Poetics Of Imitation By Focusing On Aspects Of Mimesis, Poiesis, And Poetic Inspiration.-- Anacreon's Palinode / Hans Bernsdorff -- Anacreontea Avant La Lettre : Euripides' Cyclops 495-518 / Peter Bing -- Anacreon, Hellenistic Epigram And The Anacreontic Poet / Kathryn Gutzwiller -- Anacreon, The Connoisseur Of Desires : An Anacreontic Reading Of Menecrates' Sepulchral Epigram (ikyzikos 18, 520) / Francesca Dell'oro -- Dialect In The Anacreontea / Alexander Sens -- Come Now, Best Of Painters, Paint My Lover : The Poetics Of Ecphrasis In The Anacreontea / Mario Baumann -- The Problem Of Self-thematisation In The Carmina Anacreontea 1, 6 And 32 / Alexander Rudolph -- Ton ʹanacreonta Mimou : Imitation And Enactment In The Anacreontics / Glenn W. Most -- Neo-latin Anacreontic Poetry : Its Shape(s) And Its Significance / Stefan Tilg -- Er Fing An Zu Singen, Und Sang Lauter Mägdchen : Johann Wolfgang Ludwig Gleim, The German Anacreon / Regina Höschele -- Tschernikovsky's Songs Of Anacreon : A Curious Literary Phenomenon / Patricia A. Rosenmeyer. Edited By Manuel Baumbach And Nicola Dümmler. The Present Volume Stems From An International Conference On The Carmina Anacreontea Held In Zurich From The 30th June To The 2nd July 2011. It Contains The Revised Versions Of Most Papers Presented At The Conference As Well As Additional Contributions Which Were Inspired By The Discussions--acknowledgements. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 263-291) And Indexes. Includes English Abstracts; Some Passages In Greek.

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Introduction 9 I. Mimesis: The Carmina Anacreontea and the Reception of Anacreon up to the Hellenistic Period Anacreon’s Palinode 19 Anacreontea avant la lettre: Euripides’ Cyclops 495-518 33 Anacreon, Hellenistic Epigram and the Anacreontic Poet 55 “Anacreon, the Connoisseur of Desires”: An Anacreontic Reading of Menecrates’ Sepulchral Epigram (IKyzikos 18, 520) 75 II. Poiesis: Language and Poetology in the Carmina Anacreontea Dialect in the Anacreontea 105 “Come now, best of painters, paint my lover”: The Poetics of Ecphrasis in the Anacreontea 121 The Problem of Self-Thematisation in the Carmina Anacreontea 1, 6 and 32 139 Τὸν Ἀνακρέοντα μιμοῦ: Imitation and Enactment in the Anacreontics 153 III. Poetic Inspiration: The Reception of the Carmina Anacreontea Neo-Latin Anacreontic Poetry: Its Shape(s) and Its Significance 171 „Er fing an zu singen, und sang lauter Mägdchen“: Johann Wolfgang Ludwig Gleim, The German Anacreon 207 Tschernikovsky’s Songs of Anacreon: A Curious Literary Phenomenon 235 Abstracts 263 Abbreviations 269 Bibliography 271 Index of Names 301 Index of Passages Cited 307 Die in der Anthologia Palatina überlieferte Gedichtsammlung der Carmina Anacreontea hat trotz ihrer reichen Rezeption (zahlreiche Übersetzungen in moderne Sprachen, Nachdichtungen, künstlerische Umsetzungen) in der Forschung bislang wenig Aufmerksamkeit erfahren. Der Grund ist eng mit der Echtheitsfrage der Gedichte verknüpft: Während die 60 Gedichte lange als authentische Dichtung des archaischen Lyrikers Anakreon gelesen wurden, gelten sie heute aus sprachlich-stilistischen Gründen als kaiserzeitliche Nachahmungen anakreontischer Lyrik, die von verschiedenen Autoren zwischen dem 1. und 6. Jahrhundert n.Chr. verfasst wurden. Unter Rückgriff auf neue Forschungsansätze zur kaiserzeitlichen Lyrik und mit Hilfe verschiedener rezeptions- und wirkungsästhetischer Methoden versucht der vorliegende Band, die Carmina Anacreontea sowohl als Sammlung wie als Einzeldichtungen in ihre literarische Tradition einzuordnen und Besonderheiten der Sprache, Metrik, Poetologie, Intertextualität und Rezeption herauszustellen. Content: Anacreon's Palinode / Hans Bernsdorff -- Anacreontea avant la lettre : Euripides' Cyclops 495-518 / Peter Bing -- Anacreon, Hellenistic epigram and the Anacreontic poet / Kathryn Gutzwiller -- "Anacreon, the connoisseur of desires" : an Anacreontic reading of Menecrates' sepulchral epigram (IKyzikos 18, 520) / Francesca Dell'Oro -- Dialect in the Anacreontea / Alexander Sens -- "Come now, best of painters, paint my lover" : the poetics of Ecphrasis in the Anacreontea / Mario Baumann -- The problem of self-thematisation in the Carmina Anacreontea 1, 6 and 32 / Alexander Rudolph -- Tòn ʹAnacreonta mimoū : imitation and enactment in the Anacreontics / Glenn W. Most -- Neo-Latin Anacreontic poetry : its shape(s) and its significance / Stefan Tilg -- "Er fing an zu singen, und sang lauter Mägdchen" : Johann Wolfgang Ludwig Gleim, the German Anacreon / Regina Höschele -- Tschernikovsky's Songs of Anacreon : a curious literary phenomenon / Patricia A. Rosenmeyer. Preserved in the Anthologia Palatina, the Carmina Anacreontea have enjoyed widespread reception. The sixty short poems on different sympotic topics such as love, wine, and song were composed predominantly during the Imperial Age in imitation of Anacreon's archaic lyric. This volume presents the latest scholarship on this collection and explores the poetics of imitation by focusing on aspects of mimesis, poiesis, and poetic inspiration Biographical note: M. Baumbach, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum; N. Dümmler, Universität Zürich