Apollodorus’ Text: Experimenting Layout ...
Document type :
Partie d'ouvrage
Title :
Apollodorus’ Text: Experimenting Layout and Edition
Author(s) :
Delattre, Charles [Auteur]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]

Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Scientific editor(s) :
Jordi Pàmias
Book title :
Apollodoriana. Ancient Myths, New Crossroads. Studies in Honour of Francesc J. Cuartero
Publisher :
de Gruyter
Publication place :
Boston & Berlin
Publication date :
2018
English keyword(s) :
Mythography
Apollodorus
Apollodorus
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Etudes classiques
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Littératures
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Littératures
English abstract : [en]
I examine the problem of the revision and publication of Apollodorus through a particular angle : how did his readers in Antiquity read and consult him ? If one admits that the text of Apollodorus is part of a mythographic, ...
Show more >I examine the problem of the revision and publication of Apollodorus through a particular angle : how did his readers in Antiquity read and consult him ? If one admits that the text of Apollodorus is part of a mythographic, and, more broadly, exegetical tradition, this would entail that the text authorizes – even favors – a particular reading: namely, one that aims for the reader to acquire information. The utilitarian nature of this text distinguishes it, therefore, from works that, though possessing meaning, do not produce information of which the reader may later make use.Show less >
Show more >I examine the problem of the revision and publication of Apollodorus through a particular angle : how did his readers in Antiquity read and consult him ? If one admits that the text of Apollodorus is part of a mythographic, and, more broadly, exegetical tradition, this would entail that the text authorizes – even favors – a particular reading: namely, one that aims for the reader to acquire information. The utilitarian nature of this text distinguishes it, therefore, from works that, though possessing meaning, do not produce information of which the reader may later make use.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Audience :
Internationale
Popular science :
Non
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