Inscribing Sorrow —— Fourth-Century Attic Funerary Epigrams

----- TSAGALIS：悲哀录：四世纪雅典葬礼记

ISBN: 9783110201321 出版年：2008 页码：384 Tsagalis, Christos De Gruyter

Fourth-century Attic grave epigrams reflect a transitional phase in the evolution of the genre of epigram. They testify to a shift of interest towards social issues such as the family, the deceased's age and profession. In a turbulent period of restlessness and uncertainty that followed the devastating Peloponnesian war, the commemoration of the departed in private monuments became an effective mechanism of displaying publicly a new set of social concerns. This book exploresthis decisive phase in the evolution of the epigram by reconstructing as many ancient contexts as possible on the one hand, and studying sepulchral epigrams as a poetic art on the other.