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Afterword. Gail Hoffman, An Archaeologist’s Perspective on the Milan Papyrus (P.Mil.Vogl. VIII 309)

Afterword. An Archaeologist’s Perspective on the Milan Papyrus (P.Mil.Vogl. VIII 309) Gail Hoffman, Boston College When I was asked to participate in a workshop on the new Milan papyrus (P.Mil.Vogl.VIII 309) with epigrams attributed to Posidippus, I wondered how an archaeologist, who generally works in the Early Iron Age (ca. 1100–700 BCE), could possibly contribute to a discussion about Hellenistic epigrams. However, as I have come… Read more

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Concordance

Posidippus Concordance Milan Papyrus Lithika AB 1 I 2–5AB 2 I 6–9AB 3 I 10–13AB 4 I 14–19AB 5 I 20–23AB 6 I 24–29AB 7 I 30–35AB 8 I 36–II 2AB 9 II 3–6AB 10 II 7–16AB 11 II 17–22AB 12 II 23–28AB 13 II 29–32AB 14 II 33–38AB 15 II 39–III… Read more

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Bibliography

Bibliography Abbenes, J. G. J. 1996. “The Doric of Theocritus. A Literary Language.” In Harder, Regtuit, and Wakker 1996:1–17. Accorinti, D. and Chuvin, P., eds. 2003. Des Géants à Dionysos: Mélanges offerts à Francis Vian. Hellenica 10. Alessandria. Acosta-Hughes, B. 2002. Polyeideia—The Iambi of Callimachus and the Archaic Iambic Tradition. Berkeley. Acosta-Hughes, B., and… Read more

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Figures

Figures Figure 1: Charioteer by Polyzalos. Delphi Museum. Fifth century BCE. Photo: courtesy of the Greek Archaeological Receipts Fund. Figure 2. Artemision Horse and Jockey. Second century BCE. Athens, National Museum, Br 15177. Photo: G. Hellner. Courtesy DAI Athens 1980/59 (height of jockey 84 cm; length of horse 250 cm). Figure 3. Emaciated man in bronze. Late Hellenistic period. Dumbarton Oaks 47.22. Photo: courtesy… Read more

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Contributors

Contributors Benjamin Acosta-Hughes is Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. He specializes in Archaic and Hellenistic poetry, and in the translation of erotic epigram. His publications include Polyeideia—The Iambi of Callimachus and the Archaic Iambic Tradition (Berkeley 2002). He is currently writing a book on the Hellenistic reception of Archaic lyric. Manuel Baumbach is Wissenschaftlicher Assistent of Greek at the University… Read more

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14. Elizabeth Kosmetatou, Vision and Visibility: Art Historical Theory Paints a Portrait of New Leadership in Posidippus’ Andriantopoiika

14. Vision and Visibility: Art Historical Theory Paints a Portrait of New Leadership in Posidippus’ Andriantopoiika [1] Elizabeth Kosmetatou, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven μιμ̣[ή]ϲαϲθε τάδ᾿ ἔρ̣γ̣α, πολυχρονίουϲ̣ δὲ κολοϲϲῶν,     ὦ ζ̣[ωι]ο̣πλάϲται, ν̣[αί,] π̣αραθεῖτε νόμουϲ·εἴ γ̣ε μὲν ἀρχαῖαι .[..].πα χέρεϲ, ἢ Ἁγελάιδηϲ     ὁ πρὸ Πολυκ<λ>είτο[υ πά]γχυ παλαιοτέχν̣ηϲ,ἢ οἱ Διδυμίδου ϲκληρ̣[οὶ τύ]ποι εἰϲ πέδ̣ο̣ν ἐλθεῖν … Read more

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15. Marco Fantuzzi, The Structure of the Hippika in P.Mil.Vogl. VIII 309

15. The Structure of the Hippika in P.Mil.Vogl. VIII 309 Marco Fantuzzi, University of Macerata and Graduate School of Greek and Latin Philology of the University of Florence In their introduction to the editio princeps, Bastianini and Gallazzi already noted the complexity of artistic structuring in the Hippika section of the new Milan papyrus (AB 71–88). Their discussion is part of their valuable analysis of the… Read more

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8. Richard Hunter, Notes on the Lithika of Posidippus

8. Notes on the Lithika of Posidippus [1] Richard Hunter, University of Cambridge The first group of epigrams is one of many surprises on the Milan papyrus, though perhaps it should not have been so. Lithika is indeed a genre not previously well attested at so early a date, [2] although the considerable interest in precious… Read more

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9. Martyn Smith, Elusive Stones: Reading Posidippus’ Lithika through Technical Writing on Stones

9. Elusive Stones: Reading Posidippus’ Lithika through Technical Writing on Stones Martyn Smith, Emory University Posidippus [1] writes with an acute sense of the exceptional. In several places within the Lithika section of the new papyrus he highlights the “marvel” or “wonder” resulting from a stone. [2] The stones selected by Posidippus include sapeiron (AB 5.1), beryllion… Read more

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10. David Schur, A Garland of Stones: Hellenistic Lithika as Reflections on Poetic Transformation

10. A Garland of Stones: Hellenistic Lithika as Reflections on Poetic Transformation David Schur, Miami University, Ohio Drawing inspiration from the importance of floral metaphors for poetry in the Western literary tradition and in our conception of the Hellenistic epigram tradition particularly, I think it would be worthwhile to consider the relationship between stones and poetry; more specifically, the conceit that likens stones or gemstones to… Read more