1st Edition
The Manipulation of Poetry in the Prose of the Second Sophistic
By Orestis Karavas
Copyright 2026
90 Pages
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Routledge
This book uncovers a sophisticated rhetorical game in Second Sophistic prose in the Roman Empire, in which authors intentionally distorted poetic quotations to challenge readers, display erudition, and creatively rework the Greek literary past.
It provides readers with a new interpretive framework for understanding the use and manipulation of quotations from classical poets, including Homer,... Read more
Introduction; 1. Incorporated poetic verses; 2. Isolated words or syntagmas; 3. Paraphrased quotations retaining key-words of the original passage; 4. Conflation of passages; 5. Intentional alteration of the quotations; 6. A quotation continued by the author in his own or other poet’s words; Conclusion.
Biography
Orestis Karavas was born in Athens, Greece. Since 2005 he has taught at the University of the Peloponnese (Kalamata, Greece), where he is currently an Associate Professor. He has published widely on the literature of Imperial Rome and the epic poetry of Later Antiquity.
