Question
Agathias collected a cycle of urbane Justinianic poems in this genre, whose Nonnian style influenced Macedonian Renaissance poets like John Geometres. For 10 points each:
[10e] Renaissance authors like Clément Marot imitated Martial’s corpus of over 1,500 poems in what genre of succinct, witty verse?
ANSWER: epigrams [or epigrammata; or word forms, such as epigrammatists; accept epitaphs; accept inscriptional epigrams; prompt on inscriptions or funerary poems]
[10h] Andrea Alciato’s Emblemata illustrated some of this book’s many epigrams compiled by the Byzantine grammarians Cephalas and Planudes. Epigrams by Moero and Erinna survive in this book based on Meleager of Gadara’s Garland.
ANSWER: Greek Anthology [or Anthologia Graeca or Ellinikí Anthología; accept Palatine Anthology or Anthologia Palatina or Palatiní Anthología; prompt on Anthology of Planudes, Appendix Planudea, Planudean Anthology, Anthologia Planudea, or Anthología diafóron epigrammáton]
[10m] The Greek Anthology preserved an epigrammatist of this name from Messene. A member of the Nine Lyric Poets with this name hailed from Mytilene (“mit-uh-LEE-nee”) on Lesbos and, like his contemporary Sappho, names a four-line stanza form.
ANSWER: Alcaeus [accept Alcaeus of Mytilene or Alkaios ho Mutilēnaios; accept Alcaeus of Messene or Alkaíos o Messínios]
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| Stanford | Columbia A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
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| NYU | Yale A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
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