Song Regained : : Working with Greek Poetic Fragments / / ed. by Margarita Alexandrou, Chris Carey, Giovan Battista D´Alessio.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Alexandrou, Margarita,; Battista D’Alessio, Giovan,; Carey, Chris,; Cingano, Ettore,; Finglass, P. J.,; Henry, W. Benjamin,; Kreij, Mark de,; McNamee, Kathleen,; Perale, Marco,; Prauscello, Lucia,; Sider, David,; Tsagalis, Christos,; Ucciardello, Giuseppe,
• HerausgeberIn: Alexandrou, Margarita,; Carey, Chris,; D´Alessio, Giovan Battista,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Sozomena : Studies in the Recovery of Ancient Texts , 20
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XXVI, 378 p.)

Apart from relatively few exceptions of texts which survive intact, what we have of Ancient Greek literature remains, to a great degree, fragmentary. As a result it is often misread, overlooked or mined not for its own sake but to support the investigation of texts which survive in their entirety. This collection of chapters addresses a range of poetic fragments, with a strong (though not exclusive) focus on Archaic epic and lyric, and an emphasis on the papyrological tradition. Its main purpose is to showcase effective methodologies through case studies, through a “hands-on” approach assisted by a robust theoretical underpinning. The topics covered include textual criticism, the editing of fragmentary corpora, the role of palaeography and the physical features of writing materials, the study of ancient editions, annotations and paraliterary texts, matters of indirect or mixed tradition, and fragment placement and attribution. This volume will certainly be a rewarding read, intended equally for new researchers who wish to acquire or improve the skills needed to deal with fragmentary texts and for established scholars who may draw on the authors’ insights to navigate the field improving their experience and enriching their knowledge.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations of editions, commentaries and works of reference -- Works cited by author’s name -- Checklist of the abbreviations of papyri mentioned in this volume -- Sigla -- List of Figures and Tables -- Chapter 1 Song Regained: Introduction -- Chapter 2 Editing Stesichorus -- Chapter 3 A Papyrological Miscellany -- Chapter 4 Ordovico or Viricordo: Empedocles and The Seim Anew* -- Chapter 5 Sigla, Abbreviations, and Annotation in Fragmentary Papyri of Greek Literature -- Chapter 6 Students, Scholars, and Archaic Greek Song -- Chapter 7 Handwritings, Copyists and Lyric Fragments from Oxyrhynchus: the Scribe A19 and his Bookrolls -- Chapter 8 Physical Lay-Out, Material Damage and the Reconstruction of Fragmentary Texts: Two Case Studies from Lyric Poetry -- Chapter 9 Sappho’s Book of Epithalamia and P.Oxy. 2294 (LDAB 3892 = MP3 01455) = fr. 103 Voigt = PLF 103: A New Proposal -- Chapter 10 Poetic Fragments in the Indirect Tradition -- Chapter 11 Unplaced Epic Fragments: Eumelus GEF 34–35 -- Chapter 12 Editing Adespota. Methodological Considerations for Anonymous Hexameter Papyri -- Chapter 13 Tracing Mantic Genealogies in Homer and in the Hesiodic Corpus (frr. 25, 37, 136 M-W): Polyidus and his Family -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index Locorum -- Index of Papyri, Inscription and Codices