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Title:

The poetry of Mesomedes of Crete  
Liryka Mesomedesa z Krety

Creator:

Żybert, Emilia

Subject and Keywords:

Mesomedes of Crete   Greek poetry   translation  
Mesomedes z Krety   poezja grecka   tłumaczenie

Abstract:

Mesomedes of Crete, a poet and a composer of the second century AD, was a freedman and friend of the emperor Hadrian. He composed highly original short poems, of which only thirteen survived. They are hymns, fables, ecphrases and epigrams, written in different lyric metres (mostly in paroemiacs and apokrota), and three of them are preserved with musical notation. Mesomedes’ style is simple, though there are some intriguing catachreses in his poems. There are also some allusions both to Hadrian and to various mysteries, mentioned in a laconic, evocative manner. As an appendix the article contains a Polish translation of all thirteen poems by Mesomedes.

Publisher:

Instytut Studiów Klasycznych, Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych

Date issued:

2015

Detailed Type:

czasopisma (wydawnictwa ciągłe)

Format:

application/pdf

Identifier:

oai:repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl:79975   ISSN 0239-6661

DOI:

10.23734/WSC.2015.4.169.187

Language:

eng   pol

Rights holder:

Copyright by Emilia Żybert

wwwDescription:

Charisteria Aliciae Szastyńska-Siemion octogenariae oblata ab amicis, collegis, discipulis