In this study I evaluate Callimachus’ rhetorical presentation and characterization of local historians and their material as either “old” or “new.” The first section focuses upon the Hecale. I show that Callimachus artificially antiquates and at the same time highlights the newness of previously unattested elements that he draws from the contemporary Attic histories of Philochorus and Amelesagoras I turn to the Aetia in the second section and concentrate on four examples of the poet’s representation of local historians and historical texts. By exaggerating the antiquity of the historian, Callimachus presents himself as a participant in an ancient historical tradition, while simultaneously emphasizing the modern qualities of his own “local h...
According to a common place in modern scholarship, hellenistic historiography of II-I Century BC is ...
Two of the best known examples of the Hellenistic epyllion are the Hecale by Callimachus and poem 64...
This article addresses the problem of veracity in ancient historiography. It contests some recent vi...
In this study I evaluate Callimachus’ rhetorical presentation and characterization of local historia...
While in the History of Classical Scholarship (1968) Rudolph Pfeiffer unambiguously defined Callimac...
Books 1-2 of Callimachus’ Aetia display a highly innovative narrative structure, subtly blending tra...
All modern scholars agree that Istros, 'the Callimachean', did not write an Atthís, but made a compi...
After tracing a history of the modern studies about Atthidography since Wilamowitz, the paper examin...
Callimachus was one of the most important Greek poets, and can also be one of the most rewarding to ...
Cet article explore l’utilisation de la poésie iambique archaïque dans les Iambes de...
Polyphony in Callimachus is often a strategy of persuasion: adopting a plurality of points of view i...
Callinicus of Petra was a sophist of the second half of the third century A. D. The Fragmente der gr...
Catullus’ poem 64 is a highly complex text, the interpretation of which has long divided scholarship...
This dissertation analyzes Callimachus' Hymn to Delos. The introduction provides a general interpret...
Ce volume est le troisième de la collection « Hellenistica Groningana » à être consacré entièrement ...
According to a common place in modern scholarship, hellenistic historiography of II-I Century BC is ...
Two of the best known examples of the Hellenistic epyllion are the Hecale by Callimachus and poem 64...
This article addresses the problem of veracity in ancient historiography. It contests some recent vi...
In this study I evaluate Callimachus’ rhetorical presentation and characterization of local historia...
While in the History of Classical Scholarship (1968) Rudolph Pfeiffer unambiguously defined Callimac...
Books 1-2 of Callimachus’ Aetia display a highly innovative narrative structure, subtly blending tra...
All modern scholars agree that Istros, 'the Callimachean', did not write an Atthís, but made a compi...
After tracing a history of the modern studies about Atthidography since Wilamowitz, the paper examin...
Callimachus was one of the most important Greek poets, and can also be one of the most rewarding to ...
Cet article explore l’utilisation de la poésie iambique archaïque dans les Iambes de...
Polyphony in Callimachus is often a strategy of persuasion: adopting a plurality of points of view i...
Callinicus of Petra was a sophist of the second half of the third century A. D. The Fragmente der gr...
Catullus’ poem 64 is a highly complex text, the interpretation of which has long divided scholarship...
This dissertation analyzes Callimachus' Hymn to Delos. The introduction provides a general interpret...
Ce volume est le troisième de la collection « Hellenistica Groningana » à être consacré entièrement ...
According to a common place in modern scholarship, hellenistic historiography of II-I Century BC is ...
Two of the best known examples of the Hellenistic epyllion are the Hecale by Callimachus and poem 64...
This article addresses the problem of veracity in ancient historiography. It contests some recent vi...