Homeric Formulae and Citations and Neoplatonic Terminology in Alexei Losev’s and Aza Takho-Godi’s Ancient Greek and Latin Epigrams to Sergei Radzig and Tatiana Vasilieva Cover Image

Гомеровские формулы и цитаты и неоплатоническая терминология в эпиграммах А. Ф. Лосева и А. А. Тахо-Годи С. И. Радцигу и Т. В. Васильевой на древнегреческом и латинском языках
Homeric Formulae and Citations and Neoplatonic Terminology in Alexei Losev’s and Aza Takho-Godi’s Ancient Greek and Latin Epigrams to Sergei Radzig and Tatiana Vasilieva

Author(s): Tycho Davydov
Subject(s): Language studies, Applied Linguistics, History of Philosophy, Ancient Philosphy
Published by: Новосибирский государственный университет
Keywords: Alexei Losev; Aza Takho-Godi; Homeric formulae; Neoplatonism; New Ancient Greek; New Latin;

Summary/Abstract: In this article we are publishing for the first time four epigrams in Ancient Greek and Latin by Russian classicists Alexei Losev (1893–1988) and Aza Takho-Godi (born 1922), dedicated to Sergei Radzig (1882–1968) and Tatiana Vasilieva (1942–2002), who herself was a notable Neo-Latin poet. The epigrams are provided with a critical apparatus, a Russian translation and a commentary. The analysis of vocabulary and linguistic features of the epigrams revealed the use of epic formulae as well as Homeric and Horatian quotations in a light pseudo-Hellenistic spirit. Traits of Losev’s individual literary style manifest via incorporation of Neoplatonic terminology into the Homeric language of the poems.

  • Issue Year: XIX/2025
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 503-512
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Russian
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