Panhellenism and local tradition in early Greek hexameter poetry

早期希腊六步诗诗歌中的泛希腊主义和当地传统

• 批准号: 2251526
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Oxford
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2251526
• 关键词: Panhellenism; local; tradition; early; Greek

The proposed project aims to investigate the notion of local tradition in early Greek hexameter poetry (EGHP). The scope of the investigation shall cover the Iliad, Odyssey, Homeric Hymns, Theogonia, Erga Kai Hemerai, Katalogos Gynaikon, other fragments attributed to Homer or Hesiod, the remains of the Epic and Theban cycles, and any other surviving hexameter that can be dated to the sixth century BCE and before. The primary questions I wish to address are: 'Is it possible to identify elements of local tradition in EGHP?' and 'Does the use of local tradition support the theory that some or all of EGHP is explicitly designed to have Panhellenic appeal?'.The question of the origin of EGHP is, has been and will likely remain both crucial to an understanding of this substantial body of Greek poetry and deeply controversial, due to the absence of reliable or contemporary accounts of its creation. The problem of local origins is closely intertwined with questions of origin and ideology, and is also important in its own right as an aspect of the poems which would have been prominent in the minds of early audiences. Investigations so far in this area have focused on ascribing elements (characters, storylines, particular linguistic features) to certain localities, particularly in the works of Nagy and Levaniouk, but there is ample room for a more critical analysis of the methodological underpinnings of such approaches. In particular, it is important to distinguish local associations within the texts from associations outside the text, and from the point of creation. By developing an approach which is methodologically rigorous, I hope to reach insights which can improve our understanding of the poems and their original function within the contemporary Greek world.My research method is to use a variety of approaches which all have a bearing on questions of local tradition in the poems: some have been more studied than others, but it is only through a holistic approach that one can hope to reach plausible conclusions. The most obvious avenue of investigation is a literary one, focusing on particular characters and stories which might originate in local traditions and the effect this would have for a contemporary audience of the poems. Another key area to investigate is the language of EGHP: there is still controversy on how exactly this relates to the local dialects of the Greek world. Archaeological data can play a dual role: recent work on connectivity in the EIA Aegean can provide a useful background to considering the context of local tradition, and a study of iconography (particularly in pottery decorated with mythological scenes) and its variation across the contemporary Greek world will be interesting to compare with the literary evidence. I shall then collate the results of these different areas to reach conclusions on the question of epichoric and Panhellenic elements in the poems, and the wider consequences for our understanding of EGHP.

这个拟议的项目旨在调查早期希腊六韵律诗歌(EGHP)中的地方传统概念。调查范围应包括《伊利亚特》、《奥德赛》、《荷马赞美诗》、西奥哥尼亚、埃尔加·凯·赫梅莱、卡塔洛戈斯·吉奈康、其他被认为是荷马或赫西奥德的碎片、史诗和底班周期的遗迹，以及可以追溯到公元前6世纪及之前的任何其他幸存的六角仪。我想回答的主要问题是：‘能不能在EGHP中找出地方传统元素？’使用当地传统是否支持这样的理论，即EGHP的部分或全部明确设计为具有泛希腊吸引力？EGHP的起源问题现在是，一直是，很可能仍然是理解这一大量希腊诗歌的关键，但由于缺乏可靠的或当代的对其创造的描述，因此极具争议。地方起源的问题与起源和意识形态问题紧密交织在一起，作为诗歌的一个方面，它本身也是重要的，这在早期观众的脑海中是突出的。到目前为止，这一领域的调查侧重于将元素(人物、故事情节、特殊语言特征)归因于某些地方，特别是在Nagy和Levaniouk的作品中，但对这些方法的方法基础进行更具批判性的分析仍有很大的空间。尤其重要的是，必须区分文本内的本地关联与文本外的关联，并从创作的角度加以区分。通过发展一种在方法上严谨的方法，我希望获得能够提高我们对这些诗歌及其在当代希腊世界中的原始功能的理解的洞察力。我的研究方法是使用各种方法，这些方法都与诗歌中的地方传统问题有关：一些比另一些得到了更多的研究，但只有通过整体的方法，人们才能希望得出可信的结论。最明显的调查途径是文学途径，重点关注可能起源于当地传统的特定人物和故事，以及这将对当代诗歌受众产生的影响。另一个需要研究的关键领域是EGHP的语言：关于这与希腊世界的当地方言到底有什么关系，仍然存在争议。考古数据可以扮演双重角色：最近在爱琴海环评中关于连通性的工作可以为考虑当地传统的背景提供有用的背景，而研究图像学(特别是装饰着神话场景的陶器)及其在当代希腊世界的变化将是有趣的，与文学证据相比较。然后，我将整理这些不同领域的结果，以得出关于诗歌中的史诗和泛希腊元素的问题的结论，以及对我们理解EGHP的更广泛的影响。