A Funerary Epigram for Diokles the Rhodian Dramatist

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_3493
dc.title	A Funerary Epigram for Diokles the Rhodian Dramatist
dc.contributor.author	Coward Thomas
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/axon/2020/2/a-funerary-epigram-for-diokles-the-rhodian-dramati/
dc.description.abstract	This funerary verse inscription, found in 1976, is for the previously unknown dramatist Diokles of Rhodes. This entry re-examines the text based on visual autopsy, proposes a new supplement on the last line, and sets the poem within the literary and inscribed epitaphic traditions for deceased poets (tragedians in particular). It also considers what this poem tells us about Rhodian dramatic competitions in the Hellenistic period. It looks at the interplay between inscribed and literary epigrams, what this epigram tells us about poetry of the south-east Aegean, and the reception of literary funerary epigrams of Classical authors in the Hellenistic era.
dc.relation.ispartof	Axon
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 4 \| Issue 2 \| December 2020
dc.issued	2020-12-22
dc.dateAccepted	2020-09-22
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-07-26
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2532-6848
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2020/02/007
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Classical and Hellenistic Tragedy
dc.subject	Classical and Hellenistic Tragedy
dc.subject	Diokles
dc.subject	Diokles
dc.subject	Dramatic festivals
dc.subject	Dramatic festivals
dc.subject	Epigram
dc.subject	Epigram
dc.subject	Lenaea
dc.subject	Lenaea
dc.subject	Rhodes
dc.subject	Rhodes
dc.subject	Simmias
dc.subject	Simmias
dc.subject	Sophocles
dc.subject	Sophocles
dc.subject	Verse inscription
dc.subject	Verse inscription

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Thomas Coward Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

This funerary verse inscription, found in 1976, is for the previously unknown dramatist Diokles of Rhodes. This entry re-examines the text based on visual autopsy, proposes a new supplement on the last line, and sets the poem within the literary and inscribed epitaphic traditions for deceased poets (tragedians in particular). It also considers what this poem tells us about Rhodian dramatic competitions in the Hellenistic period. It looks at the interplay between inscribed and literary epigrams, what this epigram tells us about poetry of the south-east Aegean, and the reception of literary funerary epigrams of Classical authors in the Hellenistic era.

Published

Dec. 22, 2020

Accepted

Sept. 22, 2020

Submitted

July 26, 2020

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Keywords: Verse inscription • Lenaea • Simmias • Rhodes • Dramatic festivals • Diokles • Sophocles • Classical and Hellenistic Tragedy • Epigram

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