"Ancient Greek poetry, even at its most sophisticated, presupposed a degree of familiarity with and assimilation of many more elementary types of song. The continuous if uneven interplay between high-flown literature, on the one hand, and sub-literary popular oral song types, on the other, cannot be underestimated in any account of ancient Greek poetry. In Eroticism in Ancient and Medieval Greek Poetry, John Petropoulos discusses the features of ancient Greek poetry, particularly amatory poetry, that can be attributed to the influence of popular song and, conversely, looks at how 'higher' poetry affected 'lower' genres in antiquity and medieval times. He goes on to investigate the relation between certain types of modern Greek folk song and their medieval--even ancient--predecessors. Concentrating on four cases that illuminate the evolution of the imagery, motifs and formal traits of love songs, this wide-ranging interdisciplinary study will be of interest to classicists and non-classicists alike, and particularly those concerned with popular eroticism and the colourful history of love songs in the Greek world."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Ancient Greek poetry, even at its most sophisticated, presupposed a degree of familiarity with, and assimilation of ,many more elementary types of song. The continuous if uneven interplay between high-flown literature and sub-literary popular oral song types cannot be underestimated in any account of ancient Greek poetry. John Petropoulos discusses the features of ancient Greek poetry, particularly amatory poetry, that can be attributed to the influence of popular song and, conversely, looks at how 'higher' poetry affected 'lower' genres in antiquity and medieval times. He goes on to investigate the relation between certain types of modern Greek folk song and their medieval - even ancient - predecessors. Concentrating on four cases that illuminate the evolution of the imagery, motifs and formal traits of love songs, this wide-ranging interdisciplinary study will be of interest to classicists and non-classicists alike, and particularly those concerned with popular eroticism and the colourful history of love songs in the Greek world

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John C. B Petropoulos

Jonathan Petropoulos

Petropoulos, John

Classical Press of Wales

Bristol Classical Press

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Duckworth Academic

Methuen Drama

Prelude

Farrago

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Duckworth classical essays, London, 2001

LONDON, Unknown

PT, 2003

lg3078953

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-198) and index.

Problems, Sources And Strategies -- Nuptial Praise -- An Encomiastic Address Or Exclamation -- Simile -- Simile Conveying Pre-eminence -- Metaphor -- Allusive Address -- Eikasia -- Mythic Exemplum -- Makarismos -- Parallelism -- Physical Description And Ecphrasis -- Description And Ecphrasis Of Moral Qualities -- Antiphonal Question And Answer -- Refrain -- Anaphora -- Salutatio -- Exclamation -- Nature Imagery -- Fruits, Flowers And Plants -- The Cypress Motif -- Natural Objects Or Phenomena -- Bird Motifs -- Gold And Silver Imagery -- Mythic Exemplum -- Makarismos -- Nuptial Blame -- The Synchronic (anthropological) View -- The Diachronic View -- The Bumbling Bridegroom -- Negative Ecphrasis And The Motif Of The Randy Hag -- Conclusions -- Harvest Imagery And The Motif Of The Apple -- Vegetal Motifs In General -- A Youth As A Flower, Fruit Or Plant -- Withering -- Plucking -- The Motif Of The Apple -- The Wings Of Desire: Popular Amatory Wishes -- Type A Fantastic Wish -- Type B Fantastic Wish -- Conclusions -- Sexual Initiation In The Modern Wedding -- Sappho Fr. 104a (lp) And A Modern Nuptial Lament -- Carmina 'locrica' -- Carm. Conviv. 889 (pmg) -- Carm. Conviv. 904 (pmg) -- Carm. Conviv. 905 (pmg) -- Ar. Ran. 621-2. J.c.b. Petropoulos. Includes Bibliography (p. 179-198) And Index.

"In Eroticism in Ancient and Medieval Greek Poetry, John Petropoulos discusses the features of ancient Greek poetry, particularly amatory poetry, that can be attributed to the influence of popular song and, conversely, looks at how 'higher' poetry affected 'lower' genres in antiquity and medieval times. He goes on to investigate the relation between certain types of modern Greek folk song and their medieval - and even ancient - predecessors." "Concentrating on four cases that illuminate the evolution of the imagery, motifs and formal traits of love songs, this wide-ranging interdisciplinary study will be of interest to classicists and non-classicists alike, and particularly those concerned with popular eroticism and the colourful history of love songs in the Greek world."--Jacket

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