Pub Date : 2019-09-23DOI: 10.1515/9783110660982-010
S. Adams
The Greek and Roman worlds were polyglot, and although Greek and Latin were dominant in particular regions (East and West, respectively), this impression of linguist uniformity hardly hid a complex linguistic terrain. Indeed, across the Hellenistic and Roman Empires local languages continued to interact and shape the way that the dominant language users engaged with their conquered others. This political and cultural conquest resulted in the need to develop new methods of engagement and communication, both oral and written. Setting aside the act of oral translation, for which we have very little surviving evidence (although we know that it took place frequently),1 we find that discussion of text translation was not prominent. This is not to claim that translation was not a recognised element of ancient culture, but that it was so common that it did not warrant comment.2 Literary texts, however, were translated far less frequently and undertaken with a particular purpose(s) in mind. In this chapter I will evaluate and contrast the ways that Roman and Jewish writers articulated their understanding of literary translation. This comparison is valuable as translators from both cultures engage with Greek literature, but do so from very different perspectives and positions. Accordingly, in order to have a fuller understanding of literary translation in antiquity, one must compare the different ways and purposes for translation that stem from both dominant and non-dominant peoples. It is this comparison that provides substantial insights into the nature of literary translation and highlights specific elements that are distinctive to particular groups. This chapter does not only look at specific literary translations and how the rendered text aligns with the original, although many of such texts will be consulted. Rather, the purpose of this investigation is also to evaluate how literary translation is discussed and presented by authors with the intentionality and purpose being of primary importance. We will begin by briefly looking at some school texts that give insight into the training a student received with regard to translating texts. Following this we will assess the expressed purposes and functions of translation in the Hellenistic and Roman eras with a particular eye towards how Roman and Jewish authors engaged
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Pub Date : 2019-09-23DOI: 10.1515/9783110660982-011
C. Hezser
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Pub Date : 2019-09-23DOI: 10.1515/9783110660982-002
S. Adams
This volume is a collection of papers presented at ‘Ancient Scholarship: Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras’, a conference funded by the British Academy and held at the University of Glasgow, UK on 27–28 April 2017. The purpose of this conference was to investigate scholastic culture in the Hellenistic and Roman eras, with a particular focus on ancient book and material culture as well as scholarship beyond Greek authors and the Greek language. Although ancient scholarship is a burgeoning field of study, a majority of investigations have focused primarily (and sometimes exclusively) on Greek scholarship and do not readily engage with the literature and languages of other cultures.1 Such studies are valuable contributions, but they do not represent the breadth of scholastic activity undertaken in antiquity. Accordingly, one of the major contributions of this work is the inclusion of multiple perspectives and its contributors engage not only with elements of Greek scholastic culture, but also bring Greek ideas into conversation with developing Latin scholarship (see chapters by Dickey, Nicholls, Marshall) and the perspective of a minority culture (i.e., Jewish authors) (see chapters by Hezser, Adams). This multicultural perspective is an important next step in the discussion of ancient scholarship and this volume provides a starting point for future inquiries. In particular, the essays in this volume make important contributions and provide fresh insight into a few, specific areas. First, one of the fundamental aspects of this collection is the importance of book culture and the materiality of scholarship. Many works on ancient scholarship are limited to discussions of specific authors, texts, and ideas, but do not take into account the means by which scholarship is accomplished in ancient times. This singular focus is a clear oversight of the highly complex and interconnected nature of scholastic research. As a result, the importance of the intersection of text and scholar is highlighted in a number of chapters and is one of the theoretical underpinnings of this volume. This framework is evident in the chapter by Stephanie Roussou, ‘New Readings in the Text of Herodian’. Although Roussou provides fresh proposals for Herodian’s Περὶ καθολικῆς προσῳδίας (On Prosody in General), her discussion is not limited only to the text as reconstructed. Rather, Roussou also evaluates newly-discovered manuscripts and discusses what they mean for our understanding of Herodian, his work and its reception, and the scholastic environment in which he wrote and in which
本卷是在“古代奖学金:在希腊和罗马时代的学术文化”,由英国学院资助的会议上提出的论文的集合,并在格拉斯哥大学举行,英国在2017年4月27日至28日。这次会议的目的是研究希腊化和罗马时代的学术文化,特别关注古代书籍和物质文化,以及希腊作家和希腊语言以外的学术。尽管古代学术是一个新兴的研究领域,但大多数研究主要集中在(有时完全集中在)希腊学术上,而不愿与其他文化的文学和语言接触这些研究是有价值的贡献,但它们并不能代表古代学术活动的广度。因此,这本书的主要贡献之一是包含了多种观点,它的贡献者不仅参与了希腊学术文化的元素,而且还将希腊的思想与发展中的拉丁学术(见迪基,尼科尔斯,马歇尔的章节)和少数民族文化(即犹太作家)的观点进行了对话(见希泽,亚当斯的章节)。这种多元文化的观点是一个重要的下一步在古代学术的讨论和本卷提供了一个起点,为未来的调查。特别是,在这一卷的文章作出重要贡献,并提供新的见解到一些,具体领域。首先,这个收藏的一个基本方面是书籍文化的重要性和学术的重要性。许多关于古代学术的著作都局限于对特定作者、文本和思想的讨论,而没有考虑到古代学术成就的手段。这种单一的关注显然是对学术研究高度复杂和相互联系的本质的忽视。因此,文本和学者的交叉的重要性是突出在一些章节,是本卷的理论基础之一。这个框架在Stephanie Roussou的章节中很明显,“Herodian文本的新阅读”。虽然Roussou为希律王的Περ καθολικ ο ς προσ ο δ末梢ας (On Prosody in General)提供了新的建议,但她的讨论并不局限于重构的文本。相反,卢梭还评估了新发现的手稿,并讨论了它们对我们理解希律的意义,他的作品及其接受,以及他写作的学术环境
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Pub Date : 2019-09-23DOI: 10.1515/9783110660982-005
M. Nicholls
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Pub Date : 2019-09-23DOI: 10.1515/9783110660982-004
Myrto Hatzimichali
{"title":"Circulation of Lexica in the Hellenistic and Early Imperial Period","authors":"Myrto Hatzimichali","doi":"10.1515/9783110660982-004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110660982-004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":283195,"journal":{"name":"Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras","volume":"382 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133450812","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}
Pub Date : 2019-09-23DOI: 10.1515/9783110660982-015
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Pub Date : 2019-09-23DOI: 10.1515/9783110660982-008
Eleanor Dickey
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Pub Date : 2019-09-23DOI: 10.1515/9783110660982-009
R. Marshall
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Pub Date : 2019-09-23DOI: 10.1515/9783110660982-007
Stephanie Roussou
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Pub Date : 2019-09-23DOI: 10.1515/9783110660982-003
Gaëlle Coqueugniot
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