Poetic Memory: Allusion In The Poetry Of Callimachus And The Metamorphoses Of Ovid (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum, 258)

"This book explores Callimachus' allusive practice in his Aetia prologue and Hymns 4, 5, and 6, and in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The study includes an overview of modern approaches to poetic allusion, a close (re- ) examination of the lexical allusions in the Aetia's and Metamorphoses' prologues, extensive examinations of allusive techniques within selections of these works, the poets' use of 'signposting' and 'authorization' techniques, and the relationship between allusion and genre."--Jacket Poetic Memory (2004) 1 MNEMOSYNE - Vol. 258 3 ISBN: 900414157X 5 --> CONTENTS 8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10 Chapters 12 CHAPTER ONE - CALLIMACHUS, OVID, AND ALLUSION 12 1. Introduction: Callimachus’ and Ovid’s “Callimacheanism” and Allusion 12 2. Genre and Allusion 15 3. Theories of Allusion: The Approaches 18 4. Organization of the Study 32 CHAPTER TWO - A WELL-DEFINED SCOPE: LEXICAL INTEGRATIVE AND REFLECTIVE ALLUSIONS IN THE PROLOGUE OF CALLIMACHUS’ AETIA AND THE PROEM OF OVID’S METAMORPHOSES 35 1. Introduction: Proems and Prologues 35 2. A Brief History of Interpretations 37 3. Dienekes 42 4. Perpetuum Carmen 50 5. Leptos 54 6. Deductum 66 CHAPTER THREE - BROADENING THE SCOPE: MARKING THE ALLUSION AND REITERATIVE INTEGRATIVE AND REFLECTIVE ALLUSION 83 1. Introduction 83 2. An Overview of Callimachus’ Lavacrum Palladis 84 3. The Sources for Callimachus’ Tiresias and Actaeon 86 4. An Overview of Ovid’s Tiresias and Actaeon 91 5. The Sources for Ovid’s Tiresias and Actaeon 92 6. Marking the Text 95 7. Callimachus’ Reiterative and Reflective Allusions 99 8. Ovid’s Reiterative Integrative and Reflective Allusions 108 9. Allusive Manipulation of the Texts 116 10. Conclusion 121 CHAPTER FOUR - VARIATION OF THE TROPE: REFLECTIVE AND INTEGRATIVE ALLUSION AND AUTHORIZATION WITHIN CALLIMACHUS’ HYMN TO DELOS AND OVID’S BOOK 6 OF THE METAMORPHOSES 122 1. Introduction 122 2. An Overview of Callimachus’ Hymn to Delos 124 3. Other Occurrences of Asteria and Leto 125 4. Callimachus’ Hymn to Delos, the Hymnic Tradition, and the Homeric Hymn to Apollo 127 5. Callimachus’ Hymn to Delos and Pindar’s Poetry 137 6. Conclusion I 145 7. An Overview of Ovid’s Asterie, Delos, Niobe, and Latona 147 8. Other Occurrences of Asterie, Niobe, and Latona and the Lycian Colonists 149 9. Ovidian Allusion in Met. 6.108-383: Asterie, Niobe, and Latona 152 10. Conclusion II 169 CHAPTER FIVE - BOUNDARIES OF GENRE? ALLUSION AND GENRE 171 1. Introduction 171 2. Two Erysichthons 173 3. Sources for the Erysichthon Tale 175 4. Callimachus’ Hymn to Demeter, Integrative Allusion, and the Dislocation of Genre 178 5. The Preparatory Allusions 180 6. Callimachus’ Erysichthon and Homer 182 7. Conclusion I 189 8. Ovid’s Erysichthon, Homer and Virgil 191 9. Ovid’s Reflective Allusions to Callimachus 196 10. Conclusion II 200 CHAPTER SIX - CONCLUSION 202 BIBLIOGRAPHY 208 Bibliography of Editions Consulted 208 General Bibliography 209 INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED 218 GENERAL INDEX 226 SAMENVATTING IN HET NEDERLANDS 230 CURRICULUM VITAE 234 ISBN:,900414157X Brill Poetic Memory (2004) ......Page 1 MNEMOSYNE - Vol. 258 ......Page 3 ISBN: 900414157X......Page 5 --> CONTENTS......Page 8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 10 1. Introduction: Callimachus’ and Ovid’s “Callimacheanism” and Allusion......Page 12 2. Genre and Allusion......Page 15 3. Theories of Allusion: The Approaches......Page 18 4. Organization of the Study......Page 32 1. Introduction: Proems and Prologues......Page 35 2. A Brief History of Interpretations......Page 37 3. Dienekes......Page 42 4. Perpetuum Carmen......Page 50 5. Leptos......Page 54 6. Deductum......Page 66 1. Introduction......Page 83 2. An Overview of Callimachus’ Lavacrum Palladis......Page 84 3. The Sources for Callimachus’ Tiresias and Actaeon......Page 86 4. An Overview of Ovid’s Tiresias and Actaeon......Page 91 5. The Sources for Ovid’s Tiresias and Actaeon......Page 92 6. Marking the Text......Page 95 7. Callimachus’ Reiterative and Reflective Allusions......Page 99 8. Ovid’s Reiterative Integrative and Reflective Allusions......Page 108 9. Allusive Manipulation of the Texts......Page 116 10. Conclusion......Page 121 1. Introduction......Page 122 2. An Overview of Callimachus’ Hymn to Delos......Page 124 3. Other Occurrences of Asteria and Leto......Page 125 4. Callimachus’ Hymn to Delos, the Hymnic Tradition, and the Homeric Hymn to Apollo......Page 127 5. Callimachus’ Hymn to Delos and Pindar’s Poetry......Page 137 6. Conclusion I......Page 145 7. An Overview of Ovid’s Asterie, Delos, Niobe, and Latona......Page 147 8. Other Occurrences of Asterie, Niobe, and Latona and the Lycian Colonists......Page 149 9. Ovidian Allusion in Met. 6.108-383: Asterie, Niobe, and Latona......Page 152 10. Conclusion II......Page 169 1. Introduction......Page 171 2. Two Erysichthons......Page 173 3. Sources for the Erysichthon Tale......Page 175 4. Callimachus’ Hymn to Demeter, Integrative Allusion, and the Dislocation of Genre......Page 178 5. The Preparatory Allusions......Page 180 6. Callimachus’ Erysichthon and Homer......Page 182 7. Conclusion I......Page 189 8. Ovid’s Erysichthon, Homer and Virgil......Page 191 9. Ovid’s Reflective Allusions to Callimachus......Page 196 10. Conclusion II......Page 200 CHAPTER SIX - CONCLUSION......Page 202 Bibliography of Editions Consulted......Page 208 General Bibliography......Page 209 INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED......Page 218 GENERAL INDEX......Page 226 SAMENVATTING IN HET NEDERLANDS......Page 230 CURRICULUM VITAE......Page 234 This study of Callimachus' and Ovid's allusive practice offers a unique view of the application of one theory of allusion (based upon that of Conte, but subsequently expanded upon) to a Greek and Latin poet.