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    Delphi Complete Works of Herodas (Illustrated)
    Delphi Complete Works of Herodas (Illustrated)
    Delphi Complete Works of Herodas (Illustrated)
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    Delphi Complete Works of Herodas (Illustrated)

    By Herodas of Alexandria

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    The Hellenistic poet Herodas composed mimes, short humorous dramatic scenes in verse, which were probably written in Alexandria during the 3rd century BC. They were a popular form of entertainment, in which one actor or a small group portrayed a situation from everyday life. The extant mimes of Herodas concentrate on depiction of character rather than plot. Written in the vigorous language of the people, they are of especial interest in the history of Greek literature as being a new species, illustrating Alexandrian methods. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts. This eBook presents Herodas’ complete extant works, with illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)


    * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Herodas’ life and works
    * Features the complete extant works of Herodas, in both English translation and the original Greek
    * Provides two translations of the ‘Mimes and Fragments’, including A. D. Knox’s 1922 translation, previously appearing in the Loeb Classical Library
    * Excellent formatting of the texts
    * Easily locate the Mimes you want to read with individual contents tables
    * Includes Herodas’ rare fragments, first time in digital print
    * Features a bonus biography — discover Herodas’ ancient world


    Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to explore our range of Ancient Classics titles or buy the entire series as a Super Set


    CONTENTS:


    The Translations
    M. S. Buck Translation, 1921
    A. D. Knox Translation, 1922


    The Greek Text
    Contents of the Greek Text


    The Biography
    Introduction to Herodas by A. D. Knox


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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDelphi Publishing Ltd
    Release dateNov 29, 2021
    ISBN9781801700412
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      Delphi Complete Works of Herodas (Illustrated) - Herodas of Alexandria

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      The Complete Works of

      HERODAS

      (fl. 3rd century BC)

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      Contents

      The Translations

      M. S. Buck Translation, 1921

      A. D. Knox Translation, 1922

      The Greek Text

      Contents of the Greek Text

      The Biography

      Introduction to Herodas by A. D. Knox

      The Delphi Classics Catalogue

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      © Delphi Classics 2021

      Version 1

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      Browse Ancient Classics

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      The Complete Works of

      HERODAS

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      By Delphi Classics, 2021

      COPYRIGHT

      Complete Works of Herodas

      First published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by Delphi Classics.

      © Delphi Classics, 2021.

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

      ISBN: 978 1 80170 041 2

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      Delphi Publishing Ltd

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      The Translations

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      Alexandria, the capital of Roman Egypt — Herodas’ likely birthplace

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      Roman ruins at Alexandria

      M. S. Buck Translation, 1921

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      CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      I. THE GO-BETWEEN

      II. THE WHOREMONGER

      III. THE SCHOOLMASTER

      IV. THE WOMEN SACRIFICING TO ASKLEPIOS

      V. THE JEALOUS WOMAN

      VI. THE GOSSIPING FRIENDS

      VII. THE COBBLER

      VIII. THE DREAM

      ENDNOTES.

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      The first column of the Herodas papyrus, showing Mime 1. 1–15.

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      Bust of the Greek playwright Menander; Roman copy of the Imperial era, after a Greek original (c. 343–291 BC) – Menander’s plays, now mostly lost, were likely a great source of influence for Herodas’ Mimes.

      INTRODUCTION

      The Mimes of Herondas — or Herodas — have been known to us only since the discovery and publication of the Kenyon MS. by the British Museum in 1891. Previous to that time, this Author was known only by a few quotations in Athenæus and a comment in a letter from Pliny the Younger to Autonius.

      As nearly as can be determined, the Mimes were written about the middle of the third century B. C. and, very possibly, at Kos, a small Greek island near the coast of Asia Minor about midway between the Samos and Rhodes. The island was noted for its precinct of Asklepios — the scene of the fourth Mime — which contained several temples and buildings, with groves and porticoes; and was also the seat of a considerable culture.

      While the Author used a poetic form, employing the scazon or lame iambic, he was essentially a Realist. His scenes deal with popular life and are written in a naturalistic language, without flights of imagination, straining with poetic images or studied description or comment. For an extra touch, they give us a popular proverb rather than a mythological reference. It is thus, as a bald and undistorted picture of the intimate life of the period, that the Mimes are of the utmost importance, not only to students but also to more general readers who have, however, a certain leaning toward antiquity and appreciate the opportunity of seeing, intimately, these interesting phases of Greek life. The women with their gossip and scandal, the voluble cobble, the shiftless slaves, the brothel-keeper whose pompous court speech is almost a burlesque, drawn vividly with a few brief touches, are almost as human to us, to-day, as they must have been, to other readers, over two thousand years ago.

      The Kenyon MS. of Herondas — from the Fayum — the only one known — is much damaged from worms and breaks, especially toward the end and, in other places, has been rubbed until it is almost impossible to decipher. A rather uncertain dialect and frequent proverbial passages, not always clear, present additional difficulties. Therefore, an accurate, word for word translation is impossible. It has not even been definitely settled just which characters speak, in some parts of the Mimes, as the original does not always indicate the different speakers and the divisions that are given are simply by marks and not by names. The seventh Mime is seriously broken up; the eighth is hardly more than a fragment. And a few additional fragments, including some for the eighth Mime, discovered in 1900, are not of much value for restorations of general literary interest. As given here, the eight Mimes include all that we have, at this time, of Herondas, coherent enough for mention, except a fragment with the Author’s rather epigrammatic remark addressed to Gryllos:

      When you have passed the bounds of three-score years, O Gryllos, Gryllos, die and turn to dust. For life beyond that point is dark and the glory of life is obscured.

      It has been the aim of the present Translator to present a popular, readable version only, ignoring disputed points of interest only to critical students and using his own conjectural readings where necessary but including all passages where any sort of an intelligent reading is at all possible. Some of the subjects handled are certainly informal; but the situations are portrayed convincingly and in language to which, certainly, no objection can be taken.

      Acknowledgment is made to the literal French prose rendering of Pierre Quillard, second edition, Paris 1900, which has, in the main, been followed in connection with the text and exhaustive commentary prepared by J. Arbuthnot Nairn, M.A., and published in 1904. The tentative, partial translation of the first six Mimes by the late John Addington Symonds in his Studies of the Greek Poets, third edition, 1893, has also been consulted. But this rendering, which bristles with the most startling interpretations, in addition to being abridged, cannot, today, be taken very seriously.

      The large part given to women in the Mimes leads us into reflection over the standing of antique, as compared with present-day, women. And, if we may believe that the position of women in the world always has, and no doubt always will depend to a greater extent than is, perhaps, realized on the women themselves, our inevitable conclusion is flattering to those with whom Herondas was acquainted. Certainly, the women of the antique world, although occupying what is ordinarily considered a subjective position, kept more truly a real and passionate

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