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Subject(s)

• Greek literature—History and criticism [Browse]
• Latin literature—History and criticism [Browse]

Editor

• Augoustakis, Antony [Browse]
• Frangoulidis, Stavros [Browse]
• Thorsen, Thea S. [Browse]

Series

• Trends in Classics. Supplementary volumes ; v.176. [More in this series]
• Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Series ; v.176

Summary note

This volume celebrates the distinguished career of Stephen Harrison, a renowned scholar in the field of Classics. It comprises 28 essays written by his colleagues and former students, exploring a wide range of topics in Greek and Latin literature and their reception in modern contexts. The collection reflects Harrison's extensive publication record and his influence on the humanities, featuring discussions on literature from the end of the Roman Republic to Neo-Latin studies. The essays also address the reception of classical works in opera, contemporary literature, and European literary traditions. This scholarly tribute is directed towards academics and students in the field of Classics, aiming to extend the ongoing dialogue and research inspired by Harrison's work.

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Contents

• Preface
• Contents
• Format and Abbreviations
• Classical Enrichment: In Praise of Stephen Harrison
• An Overview of this Volume
• Part I: Greek and Roman Interactions
• Text and Context: A Question of Method
• Hellenistic Literature and Latin Literature: Towards Totality
• Horace at the Symposium: Talking with Maecenas and Messalla, Singing with Lyde and Phyllis
• Healing One’s Sorrow with the Miseries of Others: Consolation and Schadenfreude in Greek and Roman Thought
• Part II: Early and Late Republican Literature
• Rival Plotlines and Lovers’ Hardships in Plautus’ Asinaria
• Catullus, Nepos, and the Muse
• Catullus’ Dirty Kiss (c. 99): Roman Poetry’s #MeToo Moment
• Cicero’s Marius and his Marius: Life, Dreams, and Intertext
• Part III: Augustan Poetry
• Iambic Parody in Horace’s Epode 11: A Variation on Vergil’s Generic Games in Eclogue 10?
• Virgil and the Roman Republic: Continuity and Rupture
• Aeneas, the Penates, and Italian Nationalism
• Dido’s First Curse (A. 4.380–387)
• Turnus Donning Tragedy: The Baldric in Virgil’s Aeneid
• Notes on the Text and Interpretation of Horace’s Odes and Carmen Saeculare
• Editing Sulpicia
• Et mihi cedet amor: The Revenge of an Abusive Master in Ars amatoria’s Proem
• Amor and amicitia: Ovid’s Ars and the Ancient Discourse on Friendship
• The Lover’s Calendar (Ars amatoria 1.399–418)
• Part IV: The Ancient Novel
• Recasting Epic in Petronius’ “Dinner at Trimalchio’s”
• Planet Earth: The Paradoxographic Turn in Antonius Diogenes, Achilles Tatius, Iamblichus, and Longus
• Posthuman Style: Syzygic Affirmations in Achilles Tatius

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ISBN

• 9783111577289
• 3111577287

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