Sidonius Apollinaris' Camina 1 and 2 : a commentary
This thesis takes the form of a commentary with accompanying material on Sidonius Apollinaris' Carmina 1 and 2, the preface poem and panegyric dedicated to the emperor Anthemius and delivered in 468 AD. The Preface outlines the material available on Sidonius and the approach which critics have made, and sets out the methodology of this commentary. In the Introduction, Â§ 1 examines the historical context, the situation in the western empire which led to the necessity of appointing an eastern nominee as emperor in the west, and the circumstances which led to Sidonius' delivery of the panegyric at Anthemius' inauguration as consul. Â§ 2 is an analysis of the function and form of panegyric in late antiquity, and the particular use to which Sidonius put the genre. examines Sidonius' use of imitatio, and the usefulness of lists of loci similes as a critical tool. The main body of the work is a line-by-line commentary on the two poems, highlighting Sidonius' manipulation of material for political purposes, while he yet operated within a traditional framework. A close examination is made of lexical usage, pinpointing many creative variations on earlier precedents. Sidonius has often been compared unfavourably with
Watson, Lynette
Sidonius Apollinaris' Camina 1 and 2 : a commentary. This thesis takes the form of a commentary with accompanying material on Sidonius Apollinaris' Carmina 1 and 2, the preface poem and panegyric dedicated to the emperor Anthemius and delivered in 468 AD. The Preface outlines the material available on Sidonius and the approach which critics have made, and sets out the methodology of this commentary. In the Introduction, Â§ 1 examines the historical context, the situation in the western empire which led to the necessity of appointing an eastern nominee as emperor in the west, and the circumstances which led to Sidonius' delivery of the panegyric at Anthemius' inauguration as consul. Â§ 2 is an analysis of the function and form of panegyric in late antiquity, and the particular use to which Sidonius put the genre. examines Sidonius' use of imitatio, and the usefulness of lists of loci similes as a critical tool. The main body of the work is a line-by-line commentary on the two poems, highlighting Sidonius' manipulation of material for political purposes, while he yet operated within a traditional framework. A close examination is made of lexical usage, pinpointing many creative variations on earlier precedents. Sidonius has often been compared unfavourably with
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