IDYLL 7 AND THE HYMN TO HERMES. (29th June 2015)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- IDYLL 7 AND THE HYMN TO HERMES. (29th June 2015)
- Main Title:
- IDYLL 7 AND THE HYMN TO HERMES
- Authors:
- Rudoni, Elia R.
- Abstract:
- Abstract : Simichidas' self-presentation as a poet at Theocritus 7.37 is modelled on Apollo's self-presentation as a musician at Homeric Hymn to Hermes 450. Through this allusion, in his own Dichterweihe as a bucolic poet Simichidas hints at the invention of the bucolic genre by Hermes. The reference is crafted so as to point self-reflexively to its status as reference; in particular, the expression καὶ γὰρ ἐγώ ('I too') of line 37 functions as an intertextual signpost. If Simichidas is a literary projection of Theocritus, the allusion has important implications for our understanding of his self-positioning within the poetical tradition.
- Is Part Of:
- Cambridge classical journal. Volume 61(2015)
- Journal:
- Cambridge classical journal
- Issue:
- Volume 61(2015)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 61, Issue 2015 (2015)
- Year:
- 2015
- Volume:
- 61
- Issue:
- 2015
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2015-0061-2015-0000
- Page Start:
- 99
- Page End:
- 110
- Publication Date:
- 2015-06-29
- Subjects:
- Classical philology -- Periodicals
Classical literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals
Periodicals
880.05 - Journal URLs:
- http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=CCJ ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1750270515000032 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1750-2705
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