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Die Studie behandelt erstmalig ausführlich die Libyenepisode (IV, 1223-1781) der Argonautika des Apollonios von Rhodos. Da ein aktueller, umfassender philologischer Kommentar der Schlusspartie bisher nicht existiert, werden zu Textkritik, Lexik, Metrik, Semantik, Syntax, Stilistik, Realien sowie zur geographischen Raumerfassung wesentliche Grundlagen neu erarbeitet. Der Kommentar erschließt Prä- und Intertexte, ist aber auch der Exegese verpflichtet, eine Übersetzung bildet die Erkenntnisse ab. Die Einleitung stellt neue Thesen zur Komposition und zur Figurencharakterisierung des vierten Buches vor und diskutiert ausführlich für die Argonautika typische narrative Strategien. Insgesamt ergibt sich dabei eine grundlegende Neubewertung zentraler Fragestellungen der aktuellen Forschung zu den Argonautika.

Die Psychomachia des Prudentius stellt das erste vollkommen allegorische Epos des Abendlandes dar. Es ist insbesondere in der Kunst und Literatur des Mittelalters vielfältig rezipiert worden. Magnus Frisch legt nun erstmals einen Gesamtkommentar zu diesem Werk aus der Spätantike vor, der lange ein Desiderat der Forschung war. Er berücksichtigt die Erkenntnisse der philologischen, theologischen und mediävistischen Forschung der letzten Jahrzehnte.

Demosthenes' Rede Gegen Aristokrates (or. 23) wurde für einen Paranomieprozess verfasst, in dem der Kläger ein zugunsten des im Dienste des Thrakerkönigs Kersobleptes stehenden Söldnerführers Charidemos beantragtes Dekret als gesetzwidrig zu erweisen suchte. Sie stieß bislang vornehmlich bei Alt- und Rechtshistoriker/-innen als Quelle für die Geschichte Thrakiens in der ersten Hälfte des 4. Jahrhunderts bzw. als Materialsammlung archaischer Gesetzestexte auf einiges Interesse. In der Klassischen Philologie hingegen fand sie kein großes Echo - wohl auch, weil sie ihren Leser/-innen Widerstände entgegensetzt, die ohne geeignete Hilfsmittel schwer zu überwinden sind. Mit dem vorliegenden, um Text und Übersetzung ergänzten Kommentar wird der Versuch unternommen, durch detaillierte sprachliche wie inhaltliche Erläuterungen, inklusive einer kritischen Analyse des stellenweise komplizierten Gedankengangs, den Zugang zu einer rhetorisch brillanten Rede zu erleichtern, die ein größeres Publikum verdient hat.

This work offers a new interpretation and an in-depth analysis of one of the least studied among Juvenal's satires. The introduction examines the structure of the piece and some of its rhetorical features, such as the peculiar use of exempla and evidentia, while focusing on its basic theme, the degeneration of the contemporary nobility. Although grafted onto the traditional and commonplace antithesis between true and false nobility, this theme has a strong historical connection with the early years of Hadrian's reign, when Roman noblemen were increasingly being ousted from the official positions they traditionally held. An updated overview of the history of Juvenal's text is followed by a revised critical edition and an Italian translation. Besides discussing textual matters, the commentary offers a systematic treatment of the linguistic, rhetorical, historical and antiquarian aspects of the text, indispensable for the understanding of this satire.

This is the first modern commentary devoted exclusively to the epigrams of Lucillius, a prolific Neronian poet who, in spite of being one of the most significant representatives of the Greek satirical epigram, has primarily been studied not for his own value, but for the influence he had on Martial. About 140 epigrams of his survive, mostly in book XI of the Anthology. The volume contains an extensive introduction, a new critical text and translation, and a full literary and philological commentary. While the body of the commentary focuses on the particular, providing literary readings of individual epigrams and a line-by-line linguistic, philological, and stylistic analysis, the introduction deals with Lucillius's identity, the tradition of the text, style, themes, metrics, and cultural setting, and additionally investigates the origins and development of Greek skoptic epigram. Particular attention is paid to the way in which Lucillius engages with the conventions of the genre, often overturning the reader's expectations. In this way, the work explores the paradox inherent to the fact that a poetic form that was by its nature eulogistic (inscriptional epigrams were born in order to record, and thus celebrate, the dedication of an object or the death of a man) ultimately became the genre of mockery and abuse.

In The Ship or the Wishes, the view of a gigantic Egyptian sea-worthy grain ship starts the fantasies of Adimantus, Samippus and Timolaus, whose trivial wishes are derided by Lycinus, Lucian¿s alias and iconic satirical character. The work reflects on the complex dream-reality relationship and encourages the readers to wonder about the reason why men like chasing after the impossible without aspiring to real happiness.

Petrons Satyrica, einer der maßgeblichen fiktiven Texte der antiken Literatur, stehen seit den sechziger Jahren im Brennpunkt der internationalen Forschung. Lange Zeit war dieser Text nur in seiner zentralen Partie, der berühmten Cena Trimalchionis, in moderner Kommentierung erschlossen. Diesem Missstand schafft der hier vorgelegte Kommentar für die besonders vernachlässigte zweite Werkhälfte Abhilfe. Er gibt dem Leser alles an die Hand, was zum Verständnis der Sprache, der Realien und der Handlung dienen kann. Darüber hinaus arbeitet er die wissenschaftliche Diskussion des Romans exemplarisch auf und leistet so einen grundlegenden Beitrag zu der nach wie vor umstrittenen Deutung der Satyrica insgesamt. Im Mittelpunkt der Exegese steht das berühmte Gedicht zum "Bürgerkrieg", dessen umstrittenes Verhältnis zu Lukan ebenso diskutiert wird wie seine Rolle im Kontext des Romans.

The final work of the statesman and philosopher Boethius not only represents both a climax and the end of philosophy from Late Antiquity in Latin, but also combines numerous literary prose forms such as dialogue, satire, speeches of defence and consolation with an extraordinary wealth of lyric and metrical elements to weave a rich literary tapestry which has continually attracted new readers right up to the present day. This is the first modern commentary on the Consolatio Philosophiae, and beside offering a detailed introduction it also provides a detailed philological and philosophical key to the text of the consolation which proceeds from keyword to keyword. There is a full documentation of the manifold references to related texts. This is the second fully revised and extended edition of the commentary, which first appeared in 1978; it is regarded as one of the standard works in Late Latin studies.

The Florida, an anthology of 23 orations that Apuleius of Madauros delivered primarily in Carthage during the 160's A.D., offers a rich store of evidence about epideictic rhetoric, Middle Platonism, and the civic and intellectual life of the North African provincial metropolis. In addition to locating the work in its historical and cultural context, this commentary investigates Apuleius' remarkable language and style. Full attention is given to the rich and complex intertextual relationship of the Florida to earlier Greek and Roman literature, as well as to the work's extensive links to Middle Platonism, the Second Sophistic, and the rest of the Apuleian corpus, particularly his philosophical works.

Die letzte erhaltene Staatsrede des Demosthenes aus dem Jahr 341 v. Chr. galt bis 1901 den meisten Gelehrten als unecht oder bestenfalls von einem spateren Redakteur aus demosthenischen Stucken zusammengestellt. Sie spielte daher im Schulunterricht eine geringere Rolle als die spateren demosthenischen Demegorien und wurde entsprechend wenig kommentiert. Die vorliegende Arbeit erfullt daher das Desiderat eines wissenschaftlichen Kommentars, der sprachliche, rhetorische und historische Aspekte untersucht. Auch die Politik am Vorabend des entscheidenden Krieges zwischen Athen und dem Makedonenkonig Philipp II. wird beleuchtet.

This work presents a new critical edition of The Spartan Constitution, a treatise in state philosophy attributed to the historian Xenophon (c. 430 - c. 355 B. C.). The Greek text, reconstructed on the basis of extant manuscript sources, is prefaced by an introduction and supplemented by a critical commentary and an English translation. The introduction discusses the problem of the text's authenticity and dating and provides a comprehensive account of its sources, reception, language, style and structure as well as an analysis of the manuscript sources and the textual tradition. The commentary addresses linguistic as well as historical problems.

The series publishes important new editions of and commentaries on texts from Greco-Roman antiquity, especially annotated editions of texts surviving only in fragments. Due to its programmatically wide range the series provides an essential basis for the study of ancient literature.

Juvenal has long been known as the poet of indignation, a view based mainly on his early satires. His later work had been relatively overlooked until recently. The present commentary is meant to be a contribution to the reappraisal of the later part of Juvenal's career, a significant trend in the juvenalian scholarship of the last decade. Among the topics addressed there are the relationship between Juvenal and Martial, his position within the tradition of Roman satire, his relationship with the cultural discourse of Roman moralistic literature, the intertextual links with satire 5 and the vexata quaestio of the literary or authentic nature of Juvenal's work. The author denies a strong break between the early books and the 4th and satire 11 in particular, advocating the idea of a gradual evolution rather than a radical conversion. In the commentary the reader will find a comprehensive analysis of textual problems and stylistic features, in a historically comparative light, with early Juvenal, other satiric poets and Martial as the chief objects of comparison.Realien are also devoted close attention. The volume will thus be a useful tool for scholars and students interested in latin satire and poetry, and also for historians of roman society in the early imperial age.

Lucan's epic on the civil war that ended the Republic was written in the Early Empire, under Nero, a hundred years after the events it narrates. This title focuses on two major campaigns out of Italy, first in Spain, then in Africa.

The Historiae, of which only fragments survive, was probably Sallust¿s most comprehensive work of history. Embracing the eventful period between 78-67 BC, it describes a series of political crises which ultimately lead to the fall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of Augustus¿ principate. This volume fills a desideratum in Sallustian studies presenting a new, complete edition and the first comprehensive commentary on the fragments.

The Homeric Questions of the philosopher Porphyry (3rd cent. Porphyry applies the dictum that "the poet explains himself" to solve questions of interpretation in Homer. This new edition of the Questions on the Iliad eliminates much that was wrongly attributed to Porphyry in the old edition (1880).

The two-volume edition provides the first comprehensive scholarly commentary on seven central orations from the corpus of Cicero's Philippics. They are based on a revised Latin text with facing English translation as well as a detailed introduction dealing with problems relevant to the whole corpus (vol.

A supplement to the "Supplementum Hellenisticum". This work presents papyrus material, along with a succession of suggestions regarding the texts and their meanings. It also provides references and brief analyses of the scholarly discussions that concern them.