| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 543 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Brill studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy ; Volume 10 |
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Brill studies in Greek and Roman epigraphy ; v. 10.
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| Contents |
880-01 Appendix Catalogue of Vases and Fragments Carrying Nonsense InscriptionsBibliography; Index |
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880-01/(S 1.3 Summary Considerations2 Learning to Write and to Read in Ancient Greece; 3 Assessing the Nonsense Inscriptions Against the Scale of LiteracyCompetence; Chapter 4 Περὶ παιδιᾶς or Nonsense Inscriptions and Intellectual Teasing; 1 Literate Nonsense; 1.1 Sense and Nonsense Kept Apart; 1.2 Weaving Sense and Nonsense Together; 2 The Symposion as καιρός for (Literate) Nonsense; 3 A Life Beyond the Symposion; Chapter 5 What if Nonsense Did Make Sense; 1 Melodies and Musical Notes; 2 Barbarika; 3 Voices from Beyond; 4 Summative Remarks; Conclusion; 1 Summary; 2 Is it Nonsense |
| Summary |
As the first extensive survey of the ancient Greek painters' practice of writing nonsense on vases, The So-called Nonsense Inscriptions on Ancient Greek Vases by Sara Chiarini provides a systematic overview of the linguistic features of the phenomenon and discusses its forms and contexts of reception. While the origins of the practice lie in the impaired literacy of the painters involved in it, the extent of the phenomenon suggests that, at some point, it became a true fashion within Attic vase painting. This raises the question of the forms of interaction with this epigraphic material. An open approach is adopted: "reading" attempts, riddles and puns inspired by nonsense inscriptions could happen in a variety of circumstances, including the symposium but not limited to it |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 19, 2019) |
| Subject |
Vases, Greek -- Inscriptions.
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Inscriptions, Greek.
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ART -- Sculpture & Installation.
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Inscriptions, Greek
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Vases, Greek -- Inscriptions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018024464 |
| ISBN |
9789004371200 |
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9004371206 |
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