A cognitive analysis of metrical irregularities in the 'Omega sigma pi epsilon rho xi epsilon nu omicron tau' book epigrams

This article considers the variation in the meters of the ὥσπερ ξένοι epigrams collected in the Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams (DBBE). In its canonical form, these epigrams follow a dodecasyllabic metrical pattern. The seemingly unmetrical decasyllabic and decatetrasyllabic variants are explained from a cognitive-linguistic perspective as the pairing of different cola – 5+5 and 7+7 instead of the usual 7+5 or 5+7. From this perspective, cola can be equated with the cognitive ‘idea’ or ‘intonation units’ (IUs) used in ordinary speech

Horse and Herald: Posidippus' Equestrian Angelia

Posidippus’ epigrams for equestrian victors (the Hippika, AB 71–88) build on epinician convention by maintaining the central role of the herald’s proclamation— the angelia—in the representation of athletic achievement. In a few of these epigrams, however, Posidippus embeds the horse itself in postvictory rituals. For example, the horse brings the crown to the victor, replacing the figure of the herald who announced and crowned victors; or, in a narrative of the race’s aftermath, the horse, incredibly, chooses the victor. Posidippus’ horses, therefore, act as causal agents for the glory of their owners, and his detailed descriptions transform the horse from flesh-and-blood equine to everlasting (literary) monument. Les épigrammes de Posidippe sur les victoires équestres (les Hippiques, 71-88 A.-B.) s’appuient sur une convention poétique propre aux épinicies qui maintient le rôle de la proclamation du héraut – l’angelia – dans la représentation de la réussite athlétique. Cependant, dans quelques-unes de ces épigrammes, Posidippe intègre le cheval lui-même au rituel marquant la victoire. Par exemple, le cheval apporte la couronne au vainqueur en remplacement de la figure du héraut qui annonce et couronne les vainqueurs ; ou encore, dans le récit de l’après-course, le cheval choisit, de façon surprenante, le vainqueur. Les chevaux de Posidippe interviennent donc en tant qu’agents causaux dans la gloire de leur propriétaire. Ses descriptions détaillées transforment ainsi l’être de chair et de sang qu’est le cheval en un monument (littéraire) éternel.https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/mous.16.3.00

Byzantijnse boekepigrammen / metrische parateksten: terminologie en classificatie

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The patria of Claudianus (FGrHist 282)

Following the interpretation of Felix Jacoby (FGrHist 282), I argue that the Κλαυδιανός quoted by the scholium to the Gr. Anth. I 19 is the same man presented by the Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius (I 19) as one of the most famous poets of the age of Theodosius II. He dedicated his patria to four cities involved in the movements and the reforms of the imperial court between 408 and 450 (Tarsus, Anazarbus, Berytus and Nicaea). For this reason, I reject the identification proposed by Alan Cameron between the Κλαυδιανός of the scholium and the Latin poet Claudian, who worked for the emperor Honorius and died around 404. In the same way, I turn down the proposal of Pawel Janiszewski, who identifies the mysterious author with the philosopher of the same name, who lived in the mid-fourth century and is quoted by the Lives of Sophists of Eunapius (VII 1,4; XVIII 1)

An unpublished poem on Porphyry

This paper offers an editio princeps, an English translation and a commentary of an interesting epigram on Porphyry, the commentator of Aristotle. The epigram was transcribed in Vat. Reg. 166 by Ioannes Malaxos (16th c.) and is ascribed to Petros Servilos, a poet unknown from other sources. The paper discusses the poem’s manuscript context, as well as its authorship, genre, content and function. Further, it attempts to shed light on the poem’s relation to Porphyry’s philosophy and his reception in Byzantine poetry

Emblemata: The emblem books of Andrea Alciato

A study of the life and works of the legal scholar and humanist, Andrea Alciato (1492-1550), the originator of the emblem book. The nature of the emblem is elucidated and placed in its historical, intellectual and artistic contexts, with special attention paid to the many and varied published manifestations of Alciato???s emblems from 1531 to 1621.published or submitted for publicationnot peer reviewe

My English poetry

Some of Professor Joseph Aquilina's poems in English have been published sporadically in various numbers ofThe Journal of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Malta and in the press, both during his lifetime and after. The present paper includes the text ofan unpublished lecture the author gave in the 1970s in which he spoke about his poetic works in English, how they were conceived, and about their place in Maltese literature and Commonwealth literature. Some of these poems are being reproducedfor the first time.peer-reviewe