The Language of Objects : Deixis in Descriptive Greek Epigrams

by: Scicolone, F.

 The Language of Objects: Deixis in Descriptive Greek Epigrams
Series:
Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Volume: 18
Author: Federica Scicolone

The Language of Objects sheds new light on the sub-genre of Greek descriptive epigram, focusing on deictic reference as a springboard to understand three different approaches to the materiality of texts: imagination-oriented deixis, pointing to referents conjured in the reader?s mind; ocular deixis, addressing perceivable referents; displaced deixis, underscoring the subjective response of readers/viewers. Uniquely combining overlooked verse-inscriptions and well-known literary and inscribed texts, which are freshly re-examined through a cognitive lens, this volume explores the evolution of deixis in descriptive epigrams dating from the pre-Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity. With its original analysis, the book pushes forward the study of Greek epigram and current understanding of deixis in ancient poetry.

The Language of Objects : Deixis in Descriptive Greek Epigrams

by: Scicolone, F.

• ISBN-13: 9789004545502 / 978-90-04-54550-2
• ISBN-03: 9004545506 / 90-04-54550-6
• E.J. Brill, Leiden, 2023