Markers of Allusion in Archaic Greek Poetry

Thomas J. Nelson

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Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: May 2023
Print publication year:: 2023
Online ISBN:: 9781009086882
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009086882
Creative Commons:: This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/creativelicenses

Subjects:: Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Classical Literature
Series:: Cambridge Classical Studies

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Challenging many established narratives of literary history, this book investigates how the earliest known Greek poets (seventh to fifth centuries BCE) signposted their debts to their predecessors and prior traditions – placing markers in their works for audiences to recognise (much like the 'Easter eggs' of modern cinema). Within antiquity, such signposting has often been considered the preserve of later literary cultures, closely linked with the development of libraries, literacy and writing. In this wide-ranging new study, Thomas Nelson shows that these devices were already deeply ingrained in oral archaic Greek poetry, deconstructing the artificial boundary between a supposedly 'primal' archaic literature and a supposedly 'sophisticated' book culture of Hellenistic Alexandria and Rome. In three interlocking case studies, he highlights how poets from Homer to Pindar employed the language of hearsay, memory and time to index their allusive relationships, as they variously embraced, reworked and challenged their inherited tradition.

‘The thesis of this book is big and important. … Well produced, meticulously researched, and generally free of infelicities and errors, Nelson’s book is mandatory reading for Hellenists and Latinists alike and undoubtedly will remain a fixture in bibliographies for many years to come.’

Jason S. Nethercut Source: American Journal of Philology

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Markers of Allusion in Archaic Greek Poetry
pp i-i

Cambridge Classical Studies - Series page
pp ii-ii

Markers of Allusion in Archaic Greek Poetry - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-xi

Conventions and Abbreviations
pp xii-xvi

Chapter I - Introduction
pp 1-72

Chapter II - The Pre-Alexandrian Footnote
pp 73-175

Chapter III - Poetic Memory
pp 176-243

Chapter IV - Time For Allusion
pp 244-327

Chapter V - Epilogue
pp 328-331

Bibliography
pp 332-416

Index Locorum
pp 417-431

Index of Indices
pp 432-434

General Index
pp 435-442

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