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Philologus, one of the oldest and most respected periodicals in the field of Classics, is conceived as a forum for discussion among different methodological approaches to the study of ancient texts and their reception. It publishes original scholarly contributions with a strong international focus. Publications languages are: German, English, Italian, French.
The accompanying series Philologus. Supplemente / Philologus. Supplementary Volumes, starting in 2014, publishes monographs and collections of papers pertaining to all aspects of the study of ancient literature and its reception, with a special focus on interdisciplinary approaches, combining Classics with Literary and Cultural Studies.
Editors: Sabine Föllinger (Marburg), Therese Fuhrer (LMU München), Tobias Reinhardt (Oxford), Maria Sotera Fornaro (Sassari), Jan R. Stenger (Würzburg)
Editors in chief: Therese Fuhrer (LMU München), Jan R. Stenger (Würzburg)
Considering the ubiquity of rhetorical training in antiquity, the volume starts from the premise that every first-person statement in ancient literature is in some way rhetorically modelled and aesthetically shaped. Focusing on different types of Greek and Latin literature, poetry and prose, from the Archaic Age to Late Antiquity, the contributions analyse the use and modelling of gender-specific elements in different types of first-person speech, be it that the speaker is (represented as) the author of a work, be it that they feature as characters in the work, narrating their own story or that of others. In doing so, they do not only offer new insights into the rhetorical strategies and literary techniques used to construct a gendered ‘I’ in ancient literature. They also address the form and function of first-person discourse in classical literature in general, touching on fields of research that have increasingly come into focus in recent years, such as authorship studies, studies concerning the ancient notion(s) of the literary persona, as well as a historical narratology that discusses concepts such as the narrator or the literary character in ancient literary theory and practice.
In his letters, the church scholar Jerome describes a deep inner rift between Virgil and the gospels, between Cicero and the apostles. This volume traces late ancient processes of cultural hybridization using methods from digital quote analysis. By looking at quotes from the Aeneid, it examines the narrative strategies employed by Jerome to process the tension-filled relationship between classical antiquity and Christianity.
In classical texts, use of the first person frequently switches between historic author and fictional stylization. In order to avoid renouncing the author as a category of interpretation or having to return to obsolete biographical interpretation, the polymorphic concept of autofiction lends itself to the differentiated analysis of this phenomenon. The studies in this volume investigate and reflect upon how it can be applied to classical texts.
In two ways, this study offers an alternative view of Caesar’s wars. On the one hand, it is the view of recent research about the texts on Caesar’s wars, which have not been adequately studied by literary scholars. Most important, however, is a closer examination of the viewpoints of the authors of these texts, revealing their unique perspectives on the wars they reported on.
This running commentary on Hölderlin’s poem The Archipelago fills a gap in Hölderlin scholarship. The book reads the hymn as a myth and uses Greek literature to identify the sources. It interprets the poem through Hölderlin’s philosophy of history and develops a hybrid form that is adequate to its content. This is the first exhaustive treatment of the poem.
The essays in this volume analyze the reception of Ovid’s works (Metamorphoses and Heroides in particular) in various epochs, focusing on the adaptations of erotic representations and of sexualized violence. As in Ovid’s texts themselves, it is the problematic relationship of violence and language that most affects generic attributions, the search for identity, and role awareness.
In the late Roman Republic, members of the Senate aristocracy fought with each other by permanently discrediting each other’s reputation (fama). Character assassination was based on the culturally specific values and social practices of the Roman elite. By systematically considering their content, Annabelle Thurn examines the functions and origins of such castigations, thereby shedding light on political communication in the late Republic.
This book examines Hölderlin’s The Death of Empedocles and his translation of Sophocles’ Oedipus and Antigone, the reception of their productions, and changes in approach to his work in drama and theater through the present. The first comprehensive reconstruction of his legacy, the study switches between general overview and specific analyses of F. Brentano, F. Nietzsche, B. Brecht, H. Müller, P. Weiss, K.M. Grüber, and E. Jelinek.
This book contains contributions by several different leading scholars on the foundational work of Werner Jaeger (1888–1961) for the study of the history of ancient philosophy, science, and religion. It also includes a critical reappraisal of Jaeger's role as a public intellectual in the 1930s.
In the literary discussions after their deaths, both Nero and Domitian were portrayed as megalomaniacal tyrants, but during their lifetimes, they were exuberantly praised in panegyrics. The volume examines the disparate images emerging from the coding and recoding of representations of their rule, and analyzes underlying linguistic mechanisms. It thereby furnishes new perspectives on these two mali principes.
In the last few years a reconsideration of the past of the ancients and of the concepts correlated to it (e.g. the ʻclassicalʼ) has been important to many scholars. The present volume adds to the range of perspectives on the antique by expanding research to include different, hitherto unexplored spheres, whether that be chronological perspectives or disciplinary ones, as well as by opening up the discussion to include textual types that previous studies have treated little or not at all. Fourteen essays on various fields aim at defining the categories in which the past is constructed, thought, valued, functionalized and redrawn. They concentrate on the category of the ʻantiqueʼ and the role it plays in texts and authors, with specific reference to the ʻtopicalizationʼ, conceptualization and renegotiation of the ʻantiqueʼ and the ʻancientsʼ. The textual types analysed belong to the following fields: ancient philosophy and history of ideas, ethnography, historiography and antiquarianism, literature and philology, grammar and Roman law, Renaissance studies.
The essays in this volume explore the diverse ways that late antique Greek and Roman authors drew upon images to describe the one God. They analyze the rhetoric of language pictures in theological discourses and literary texts from various disciplinary perspectives, as well as the use of images as strategies of persuasion and defense.
It has often been remarked that the Platonic Socrates seems to be using a particular rhetoric. The aim of this specific rhetoric has been described as irritating or "destabilizing". However, little attention has been given to the techniques and elements of his rhetoric. The work focuses on the early dialogues of Plato, since they provide rich material for Socrates’ irritating rhetoric and depict him using an ample range of different strategies.
This book provides a comprehensive and systematic account of erinys in ancient Greek literature and cult. The author shows that the different usages and appearances of erinys, including non-personal and personal, singular and plural, correspond to each other as expressions of an extended concept of the curse. This concept, which played an essential role in religion and society, also underlies the cults of the Semnai theai and Eumenides.
The term ‘cityscaping’ is here introduced to characterise the creative process through which the image of the city is created and represented in various media– text, film and artefacts. It thus turns attention away from built urban spaces and onto mental images of cities. One focus is on the question of which literary, visual and acoustic means prompt their recipients’ spatial imagination; another is to inquire into the semantics and functions that are ascribed to the image of a city as constructed in various media. The examples of ancient texts and works of art, and modern literature and films, are used to elucidate the artistic potential of images of the city and the techniques by which they are semanticised. With its interdisciplinary approach, the volume for the first time makes clear how strongly mental images of urban space, both ancient and modern, have been shaped by the techniques of their representation in media.
Irritation and destabilization can unsettle established opinions, attitudes, and behaviors. The contributions in this volume seek to study this phenomenon further by examining a range of literary and vernacular texts, with particular attention to topics related to rhetoric and literary theory, as well as pedagogical and linguistic issues. Essays investigate topics such as the rhetoric of persuasion and literary poetics of destabilization .
In scholarship, classical (Renaissance) humanism is usually strictly distinguished from 'neo-humanism', which, especially in Germany, flourished at the beginning of the 19th century. While most classical humanists focused on the practical imitation of Latin stylistic models, 'neohumanism' is commonly believed to have been mainly inspired by typically modern values, such as authenticity and historicity. Bas van Bommel shows that whereas 'neohumanism' was mainly adhered to at the German universities, at the Gymnasien a much more traditional educational ideal prevailed, which is best described as 'classical humanism.' This ideal involved the prioritisation of the Romans above the Greeks, as well as the belief that imitation of Roman and Greek models brings about man's aesthetic and moral elevation. Van Bommel makes clear that 19th century classical humanism dynamically related to modern society. On the one hand, classical humanists explained the value of classical education in typically modern terms. On the other hand, competitors of the classical Gymnasium laid claim to values that were ultimately derived from classical humanism. 19th century classical humanism should therefore not be seen as a dried-out remnant of a dying past, but as the continuation of a living tradition.