{"title":"Burn after Reading: Literary Fires and Literary Memory in Tacitus's Annals","authors":"Virginia Closs","doi":"10.5406/illiclasstud.45.1.0109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/illiclasstud.45.1.0109","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Tacitus's pointed use of fire-related metaphors in connection with three dissident authors in the Annals—Cremutius Cordus, Lucan, and Arulenus Rusticus—works proleptically against known aspects of each author's life and works. Such terms highlight the state-mandated burning of the books of Cremutius and Arulenus under Tiberius and Domitian, respectively; in the case of Lucan, Tacitus seems to be playing indirectly on the poet's fatal conflict with the \"incendiary\" Nero, as well as (perhaps) alluding to his lost De incendio urbis. Finally, the imagery and content of these episodes find further company in Tacitus's account of the Fire of 64.","PeriodicalId":81501,"journal":{"name":"Illinois classical studies","volume":"45 1","pages":"109 - 131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41948385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lucretius Franco-Hibernicus: Dicuil's Liber de Astronomia and the Carolingian Reception of De Rerum Natura","authors":"F. Tutrone","doi":"10.5406/illiclasstud.45.1.0224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/illiclasstud.45.1.0224","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Since its coinage in the nineteenth century, the concept of Carolingian renaissance has been primarily based on the revival of classical texts promoted by Charlemagne and his successors. Among the positive consequences of Carolingian classicism is the careful—if discreet—preservation of the text of Lucretius's De Rerum Natura, which survives in three valuable ninth-century manuscripts. Whereas rigorous philological studies of these manuscripts have been offered, little attention has been paid to their role in, and connection with, the reception of Lucretius in ninth-century literature. It has been generally assumed that for the Carolingians the DRN was essentially a source for grammatical and metrical usage, and extensive efforts have been made to distinguish between direct and indirect quotations of Lucretian lines. In the present paper, I shall adopt a different approach, starting from the observation that the diffusion of DRN in ninth-century Europe coincided with an increasing interest in its content. I shall argue that a deeper understanding of Lucretius's Carolingian reception can be achieved if one overcomes the dichotomies usually maintained by the philological Quellenforschung, as such dichotomies tend to overshadow the historically and culturally specific features of the early medieval practice of imitatio. By endorsing the perspective of intertextual studies, reception theory, and rhetorical criticism, I shall point out a so far unrecognized imitatio Lucretii in the astronomical work (Liber de Astronomia) of the Irishman Dicuil, whose allusions to Lucretius—particularly to the cosmological treatment of Book 5, the so-called \"apology\" of Book 1 (921–50 = 4.1–25), and the calf argument of Book 2 (352–66)—are representative of the peculiarities of Carolingian reading culture.","PeriodicalId":81501,"journal":{"name":"Illinois classical studies","volume":"45 1","pages":"224 - 252"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43923701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reported Speech in Greek Tragedy","authors":"James T. Clark","doi":"10.5406/illiclasstud.45.1.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/illiclasstud.45.1.0001","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article examines reported direct speech embedded in narrative sections of Greek tragedy, analyzing the content of reported speeches, their metrical form, and the descriptions of their sound. Reported direct speech is revealed to be considerably restrained, even when it occurs in highly emotional contexts. This restraint is interesting, given the prevalence of non-linguistic cries in tragedy, and it is brought into particular relief by comparison with the descriptions of violent utterances that often precede or follow sections of direct speech. There is a discernible, though inconsistent, trend towards the loosening of this restraint in later Euripides.","PeriodicalId":81501,"journal":{"name":"Illinois classical studies","volume":"45 1","pages":"1 - 24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45261033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Costume’s Comic and Intertextual Potential: The Case of Philocleon’s Cloak","authors":"Rosie Wyles","doi":"10.5406/illiclasstud.45.2.0287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/illiclasstud.45.2.0287","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Philocleon’s enforced costume change (Vesp. 1122–73) has rich potential as an exemplum through which to explore comic costume’s production of humor and its contribution to theatrical discourse. This discussion offers fresh observations about the humor generated from Philocleon’s costume change and identifies its “intertextual” relationship with Aeschylus’s Oresteia, Aristophanes’s Acharnians and Knights. The ‘cloak scene,’ it is argued, forms an integral part of the ongoing competition between the comic and tragic genre in Wasps. Moreover, this case study points to the on-going significance of costume in Aristophanes’s dialectic with tragedy and in his discourse on theatre in general.","PeriodicalId":81501,"journal":{"name":"Illinois classical studies","volume":"45 1","pages":"287 - 309"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46710408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Concocting Justice: Dicaeopolis the Cook-Comedian","authors":"D. Christenson","doi":"10.5406/illiclasstud.45.2.0265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/illiclasstud.45.2.0265","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Discussion of costume in Acharnians has focused on Dicaeopolis’s appropriation of Telephus’s rags and violent un-costuming of Lamachus. No less metacomically significant is Dicaeopolis’s persona as a mageiros, made explicit by props rather than a costume-change when he eventually cooks onstage. The chiton- and phallus-wearing protagonist in fact throughout Acharnians assumes the persona of a cook-comedian, whose ultimate triumph is marked by his festively donning a himation. The metapoetics of cooking largely figure Acharnians’ melding of Aristophanes and Dicaeopolis, as the latter promotes τρυγῳδία as an innovative blend of comedy deserving a serious hearing and victory at the festival.","PeriodicalId":81501,"journal":{"name":"Illinois classical studies","volume":"45 1","pages":"265 - 286"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47648553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Undressing and Cross-dressing: Costume, Ritual, and Female Empowerment in Aristophanes","authors":"Natalia Tsoumpra","doi":"10.5406/illiclasstud.45.2.0368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/illiclasstud.45.2.0368","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article argues that the abuse of costume by the women in Lysistrata and Ecclesiazusae displays their dominance over the men while underscoring their femininity. This is particularly important in a genre where women in power are commonly viewed as masculine or androgynous. Furthermore, the use of costume reflects fundamental concerns about female power in each fictional type of gynecocracy. In Lysistrata the handling of costume alludes to ritualistic practices which emphasize the women’s (positive) contribution to civic welfare, and articulates the women’s efforts towards the restoration of the institution of marriage and the former (male) political order. Conversely, in Ecclesiazusae the mutual cross-dressing highlights the men’s impotence and sterility, and reflects the consequences of the abolition of marriage and the subversion of the male order.","PeriodicalId":81501,"journal":{"name":"Illinois classical studies","volume":"45 1","pages":"368 - 398"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49328456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wings or Armor? Costume, Metaphor, and the Limits of Utopia in Aristophanes’s Birds","authors":"Pavlos Sfyroeras","doi":"10.5406/illiclasstud.45.2.0310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/illiclasstud.45.2.0310","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:What does Peisthetairos give the Rebellious Youth, the first of three intruders in search of wings? The interpretation of Birds 1360–69 has divided commentators since antiquity: does the youth receive wings to be viewed as weapons or weapons to be viewed as wings? On the basis of internal textual evidence and intertextual allusions, I argue for the latter option: instead of the requested bird apparatus, Peisthetairos offers military equipment. This is not a trivial question affecting exclusively, or even primarily, staging. On the contrary, the answer we provide is significant for the play as a whole: it has to do with the reflection, so central in Birds, on the ontological status of the comic utopia; hence, on the relationship between language and reality.","PeriodicalId":81501,"journal":{"name":"Illinois classical studies","volume":"45 1","pages":"310 - 332"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43842121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Poetics, Perversions, and Passing: Approaching the Transgender Narratives of Thesmophoriazousai","authors":"Isabel Ruffell","doi":"10.5406/illiclasstud.45.2.0333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/illiclasstud.45.2.0333","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Aristophanes’s Thesmophoriazousai offers a complex engagement with transgender identity and practice. It explores up to seven different transgendered modes through a variety of motivations and audience response. While embracing fictional/dramatic performance, these modes are best understood within the larger social and cultural framework that the play directly and indirectly suggests. Perched, like much Old Comedy, on the horns of social conservatism and conceptual flexibility, but also acknowledging a broad transgender continuum, the play’s creative tension allows for it to be recuperated and re-used by queer audiences and readers.","PeriodicalId":81501,"journal":{"name":"Illinois classical studies","volume":"45 1","pages":"333 - 367"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43262515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Choral Disrobing in Aristophanes","authors":"M. Farmer","doi":"10.5406/illiclasstud.45.2.0424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/illiclasstud.45.2.0424","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Five times in the extant comedies of Aristophanes, the members of the chorus remove part or all of their costumes. In this chapter, I seek to provide a new, unifying explanation for the practice of choral stripping: I argue that Aristophanes inherits a pre-comic tradition of choral disrobing, but that he uses moments of choral costume change for specific dramatic purposes within each of his plays. The theatrical audience’s knowledge of the comic tradition of choral disrobing allows Aristophanes to build suspense, to play with audience expectations, and to fulfill or deny the tradition as he sees fit.","PeriodicalId":81501,"journal":{"name":"Illinois classical studies","volume":"45 1","pages":"424 - 446"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46896094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Male Stage-Nudity in Aristophanes","authors":"Gwendolyn Compton-Engle","doi":"10.5406/illiclasstud.45.2.0399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5406/illiclasstud.45.2.0399","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The stage-nudity of male characters is relatively common in comic scenes of the fifth century and first half of the fourth century, in both Attic and South Italian vase-painting. A review of the material evidence shows that stage-nudity is particularly frequent in scenes of vigorous physical activity; a few scenes indicate plot-prompted disrobing. These scenes indicate that stage-nudity may have been more common in the performance of Aristophanes than previously believed based on textual evidence alone. This paper reconsiders possible instances of male-stage nudity in extant plays, including the possibility of extended stage-nudity in Peace and Knights.","PeriodicalId":81501,"journal":{"name":"Illinois classical studies","volume":"45 1","pages":"399 - 423"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44119072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}