LyricBeyondLyric 2018
In the wave of the ever-growing scholarly interest in ancient lyric poetry, LBL seeks to further investigate Greek and Latin lyric by focusing on some of its still under-explored aspects, in an attempt to go beyond what has been most traditionally conceived as ‘lyric’. We aim at considering texts other than the canonical ones, as well as at exploring ancient receptions and reciprocal influences of lyric in other genres. On the one hand, we are interested in the fascinating variety of song traditions and ‘peripheral’ authors thriving in archaic and classical times, as well as in the development of lyric culture in the post-classical period. On the other, we are willing to consider the various ways in which lyric poetry interacted with different literary genres, both synchronically and diachronically. We would like to look at the diverse fashions in which lyric could overlap with contemporary genres such as philosophy and historiography, sharing not only literary patterns and motifs but also filtering thoughts and beliefs of the surrounding cultural and intellectual ground. At the same time, we are interested in how lyric authors and poems have been the object of later receptions, acting as models and touchstones while being transformed and reshaped to fit new contexts and functions.
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A revised version of this paper is forthcoming as Nelson, T.J. (ca. 2024) 'Attic Tradition and Tragic Allusion in the Ithyphallic Hymn for Demetrius Poliorcetes', Classical Antiquity
A revised version of this paper is forthcoming as Nelson, T.J. (ca. 2024) 'Attic Tradition and Tragic Allusion in the Ithyphallic Hymn for Demetrius Poliorcetes', Classical Antiquity