Research Catalog

Title

Libera fama : an endless journey / edited by Stratis Kyriakidis.

Publication

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

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Additional Authors

Kyriakidēs, Stratēs

Description

xi, 257 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

Each contributor examines the ancient conception of fame and its portrayal in the work of Lucretius, Cicero, Virgil, Ovid, Manilius, Juvenal and the Christian poet Prudentius.

Series Statement

Pierides : studies in Greek and Latin literature ; volume VI

Uniform Title

Pierides v. 6.

Alternative Title

Endless journey

Subject

Fame in literature

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Speech, Fame and Glory: Connecting Past and Future / Stratis Kyriakidis -- Chapter One. The Negation of Fame : Epicurus' meta-fama and Lucretius' Response / Myrto Garani -- Chapter Two. Poeta, Heros et Fama : Perplexities and Upsets in Cicero's Epic Fragments / Eleni Karamalengou -- Chapter Three. Wanderings of Fama and 'fame's Narratives' in the Aeneid / Séverine Clément-Tarantino -- Chapter Four. The Ovidian Leuconoe : Vision, Speech and Narration / Eleni Peraki-Kyriakidou -- Chapter Five. "famaque cum domino fugit ab Vrbe suo" : Aspects of fama in Ovid's Exile Poetry / Andreas N. Michalopoulos -- Chapter Six. The Universe as Audience : Manilius' Poetic Ambitions / Stratis Kyriakidis -- Chapter Seven. Rumour and Satire : The Two-Faceted Mirror of Juvenal's World / Sophia Papaioannou -- Chapter Eight. Martyrs' Memorials : Glory, Memory, and Envy in Prudentius Peristephanon / Philip Hardie -- Chapter Nine. Pictures of Virgilian Fama / Gianni Guastella -- Afterthought /. Philip Hardie.

ISBN

• 1443810991
• 9781443810999

OCLC

973552946

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library