Morrison, A. (2013) Speaking from the tomb?: the disappearing epitaph of Simonides in Callimachus, Aetia fr. 64 Pf. In: Liddel, P. and Low, P. (eds.) Inscriptions and their uses in Greek and Latin Literature. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 288-301. ISBN 9780191758201 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199665747.003.0013)
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Abstract
This chapter explores an example of a ‘literary inscription’ which paradoxically narrates its own disappearance: the epitaph of Simonides which the disembodied voice of Simonides himself reports in the third book of Callimachus' Aetia. It examines how this develops epigrammatic (particularly epitaphic) convention and aspects of Simonides' own poetry, and how it relates to the commemoration of Archaic and Classical poets in the Hellenistic period through sanctuaries, statuary, and other forms.
| Item Type: | Book Sections |
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| Additional Information: | eISBN: 9780191758201; ISBN: 9780199665747 (hbk.). |
| Status: | Published |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Morrison, Professor Andrew |
| Authors: | Morrison, A. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Classics |
| Journal Name: | Inscriptions and their uses in ancient literature |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN: | 9780191758201 |
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