Arion's Lyre: Archaic Lyric into Hellenistic Poetry

271 Pages·2010·1.63 MB·English

by  Benjamin Acosta-Hughes

Arion’s Lyre
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Arion’s Lyre
Archaic Lyric into
Hellenistic Poetry
Benjamin Acosta-Hughes
Pri n c eton U n i v e r si t y Pre s s
Princeton and Oxford
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Acosta-Hughes, Benjamin, 1960–
Arion’s lyre : Archaic lyric into Hellenistic poetry / Benjamin Acosta-Hughes.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-691-09525-7 (acid-free paper) 1. Greek poetry—History and criticism.
2. Greek poetry, Hellenistic—Egypt—Alexandria—History and criticism. 3. Intertextuality.
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PA3092.A53 2010
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For Susan
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En el vocabulario crítico, la palabra precursor es indispensable,
pero habría que tratar de purifi carla de toda connotación de
polémica o de rivalidad. El hecho es que cada escritor crea sus
precursores. Su lavor modifi ca nuestra concepción del pasado,
como ha de modifi car el futuro. En esta correlación nada importa
la identidad o la pluralidad de los hombres.
—Jorge Luis Borges, “Kafk a y sus precursores”
Nimm sie hin, denn, diese Lieder,
Die ich dir, Geliebte, sang,
Singe sie dann Abends wieder
Zu der Laute süssem Klang!
Wenn das Dämm’rungsrot dann ziehet
Nach dem stillen blauen See,
Und sein letzter Strahl verglühet
Hinter jener Bergeshöh’,
Und du singst, was ich gesungen,
Was mir aus der vollen Brust
Ohne Kunstgepräng’ erklungen,
nur der Sehnsucht nich bewusst.
Dann vor diesen Liedern weichet,
Was geschieden uns so weit,
Und ein liebend Herz erreichet,
Was ein liebend Herz geweiht.
—Alois Jeitteles, “An die ferne Geliebte”
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Contents
Preface xi
Abbreviations xv
Introduction 1
Chapter 1
Preserving Her Aeolic Song: Traces of Alexandrian Sappho 12
Chapter 2
Lyric into Elegy: Sappho Again 62
Chapter 3
Alcaeus: Voice and Metaphor of the Symposium 105
Chapter 4
From Samos to Alexandria: Earlier Court Poets and Th eir Legacies 141
Chapter 5
Simonides Recalled: Imitations of a Poikilos Original 171
Epilogue
Lyric Transformed 214
References Cited 221
Index Locorum 239
Subject Index 247
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