Matro of Pitane and the Tradition of Epic Parody in the Fourth Century BCE: Text, Translation, and Commentary PDF
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Matro of Pitane and the Tradition of Epic Parody in the Fourth Century BCE Text, Translation, and Commentary S. Douglas Olson Alexander Sens AMERICAN PHILOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION MATRO OF PITANE AND THE TRADITION OF EPIC PARODY IN THE FOURTH CENTURY BCE AMERICAN PHILOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION American Classical Studies Series Editor Harvey Yunis Number 44 Matro of Pitane and the Tradition of Epic Parody in the Fourth Century BCE Text, Translation, and Commentary S. Douglas Olson Alexander Sens 5. Douglas Olson Alexander Sens Matro of Pitane and the Tradition of Epic Parody in the Fourth Century BCE Text, Translation, and Commentary Scholars Press Atlanta, Georgia Matro of Pitane and the Tradition of Epic Parody in the Fourth Century BCE Text, Translation, and Commentary S. Douglas Olson Alexander Sens Copyright © 1999 by the American Philological Association All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by means of any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed in writing to the Rights and Permissions Office, Scholars Press, P.O. Box 15399, Atlanta, GA 30333-0399, USA. Cover art on the paper edition of this work is taken from a Greek terra-cotta vase, 475-460 B.C. and is used with permission. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. The Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund. © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Matron. of Pitana. [Works. English & Greek] Matro of Pitane and the tradition of epic parody in the fourth century BCE : text. translation, and commentary / S. Douglas Olson, Alexander Sens. p. cm. — (American classical studies ; no. 44) Includes index. ISBN 0-7885-0614-5 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7885-0615-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Matron, of Pitana—Translations into English. 2. Matron, of Pitana—Cniticism and interpretation. 3. Parodies, Greek—Translations into English. 4. Parodies. Greek—History and criticism. 5. Epic poetry —A ppreciation—Greece. 6. Homer—Parodies. imititations. etc. 7. Dinners and dining in literature. 8. Dinners and dining—Poetry. 9. Parodies. Greek. 1. Olson. 5. Douglas. Il. Sens. Alexander. III. Series. PA4244.M255 A213 1999 883'.01—dc2 1 99-0501 72 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 9432 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper οἱ δ᾽ en’ ὀνείωθ' ἑτοῖμα προκείμενα χείρας ἴαλλον μίστυλλόν τ᾽ ἄρα πάντα γελώωντες κατά θυμόν CONTENTS PREFACE ΙΧ ABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY x1 INTRODUCTION I δ᾽. | MAarro OF PITANE AND His Poems 3 δι. THE TRADITION OF Epic PARODY 5 δ 11. MATRO AND THE LATE CLASSICAL TEXT OF HOMER 13 § rv. DINING IN LATE CLASSICAL AND EARLY HELLENISTIC GREECE 24 §v. THE Artic DINNER-PARTY AND LATE-4TH-C. ATHENIAN POLITICS 29 § vi. STYLE 33 § vil. METER 40 § vill. THE MANUSCRIPT TRADITION 42 δ ix. EDITIONS 44 TEXT AND TRANSLATION 49 COMMENTARY 73 APPENDIX 154 INDEXES 157
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