Corinna
Corinna, or Korinna (Ancient Greek: Κόριννα Korinna; c. 500–401 BCE), was an ancient Greek poet from Tanagra in Boeotia.[1] She may have been a contemporary and rival of the Greek poet Pindar.[1] Corinna's poetry survives only in pieces and focuses on local Boeotian myths.[1]
Biography
Corinna was from Tanagra in Boeotia (central Greece).[a] The Suda, a tenth-century Byzantine encyclopedia, says she was the daughter of Acheloodorus and Procratia, and was nicknamed "Myia" (Μυῖα, "the fly").[2] She lived during the fifth century BC.[4] She was maybe a contemporary of Pindar, either having taught him, or having been a fellow student of Myrtis of Anthedon with him.[b][6] Corinna was said to have defeated Pindar in either one poetry competition or five poetry competitions.[c][6][8]
Poetry
Corinna wrote five books of poetry according to the Suda.[9] But her poetry survives in roughly forty pieces.[10][8][11] Corinna uses simple and clear language in her poetry.[12] She uses basic metrical schemes,[13] and focuses on mythical stories.[14][15][16] The tone of Corinna's poetry is ironic or humorous.[17]
Corinna was respected by the people of her hometown, Tanagra. Pausanias says that there was a monument to her in the streets of the town and a painting of her in the gymnasium.[18] Tatian writes in his Address to the Greeks that Silanion had sculpted her.[19][19] Corinna's poetry was popular in the Roman Empire.[13] She is mentioned by the first-century BC Greek poet Antipater of Thessalonica who lists her as one of nine "mortal muses".[20] Ovid gives his lover the pseudonym "Corinna" in his Amores.[21] She is also named by Propertius as a model for Cynthia, and by Statius along with Callimachus, Lycophron, and Sophron.[22] Alexander Polyhistor wrote comments about her work.[23]
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Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Encyclopedia Britannica (1998). "Corinna". Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Suda κ 2087, "Corinna"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pausanias, Description of Greece 9.22.3
- ↑ West 1990, p. 553.
- ↑ Vita Pindari Metrica, 9f.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Allen & Frel 1972, p. 26.
- ↑ Claudius Aelianus, Varia Historia 13.25
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Plant 2004, p. 92.
- ↑ Campbell 1992, pp. 1–3.
- ↑ Page 1963, pp. 9–45.
- ↑ Balmer 1996, p. 33.
- ↑ Campbell 1967, p. 410.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Skinner 1983, p. 9.
- ↑ Larmour 2005, p. 46.
- ↑ Rayor 1993, pp. 220–221.
- ↑ Heath 2017, p. 103.
- ↑ Larmour 2005, p. 47.
- ↑ Snyder 1991, p. 42.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Vergados 2017, p. 244.
- ↑ Snyder 1991, p. 43.
- ↑ Heath 2013, p. 157.
- ↑ Thorsen 2020, p. 3.
- ↑ Vergados 2017, p. 245.
Sources
- Allen, Archibald; Frel, Jiri (1972). "A Date for Corinna". The Classical Journal. 68 (1): 26–30. JSTOR 3296024.
- Balmer, Josephine (1996). Classical Women Poets. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Bloodaxe Books. ISBN 1-85224-342-2.
- Campbell, D. A. (1967). Greek Lyric Poetry: A Selection. New York: Macmillan Publishers.
- Larmour, David H.J. (2005). "Corinna's Poetic Metis and the Epinikian Tradition". In Greene, Ellen (ed.). Women Poets in Ancient Greece and Rome. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 25–58. ISBN 0-8061-3664-2.
- Heath, John (2017). "Corinna's 'Old Wives' Tales'". Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. 109: 83–130. JSTOR 44863954.
- Heath, John (2013). "Why Corinna?". Hermes. 141 (2): 155–170. doi:10.25162/hermes-2013-0015. JSTOR 43652844. S2CID 252453257.
- Page, Denys L. (1963) [1953]. Corinna. London: The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies.
- Plant, Ian M. (2004). Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome: An Anthology. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-3621-9.
- Rayor, Diane (1993). "Korinna: Gender and the Narrative Tradition". Arethusa. 26 (3): 219–231. JSTOR 26309654.
- Skinner, Marilyn B. (1983). "Corinna of Tanagra and her Audience". Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 2 (1): 9–20. doi:10.2307/464203. JSTOR 464203.
- Snyder, Jane McIntosh (1991). The Woman and the Lyre: Women Writers in Classical Greece and Rome. Carbondale: SIU Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-1706-6.
- Thorsen, Thea S. (2020). "'Divine Corinna': Pre-Twentieth Century Receptions of an Artistic Authority" (PDF). EuGeStA. 10: 1–29.
- Vergados, Athanassios (2017). "Corinna". In Sider, David (ed.). Hellenistic Poetry: A Selection. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. pp. 243–263. ISBN 978-0-472-05313-1.
- West, Martin L. (1990). "Dating Corinna". The Classical Quarterly. 40 (2): 553–557. doi:10.1017/S0009838800043172. JSTOR 639119. S2CID 246874256.
Further reading
- Berman, Daniel W. (2010). "The Language and Landscape of Korinna". Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies. 50 (1): 41–62.
- Campbell, D. A. (1992). Greek Lyric Poetry IV: Bacchylides, Corinna, and Others. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-99508-6.
- Collins, Derek (2006). "Corinna and Mythological Innovation". The Classical Quarterly. 56 (1): 19–32. doi:10.1017/S0009838806000036. JSTOR 4493385. S2CID 171018980.
- Debrosse, Anne (2015). "La réception des poétesses grecques, ou les affabulations de "l'imagination combleuse"". Anabases. 21. doi:10.4000/anabases.5371.
- Henderson, W. J. (1995). "Corinna of Tanagra on Poetry". Acta Classica. 38: 29–41. JSTOR 24594521.
- Klinck, Anne L. (2008). Women's Songs in Ancient Greece. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 978-0-7735-3448-3.
- Kousoulini, Vasiliki (2016). "Panhellenic and Epichoric Elements in Corinna's Catalogues". Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies. 56 (1): 82–110.
- Larson, Jennifer (2002). "Corinna and the Daughters of Asopus". Syllecta Classica. 13: 47–62. doi:10.1353/syl.2002.0006. S2CID 161788185.
- Lobel, Edgar (1930). "Corinna". Hermes. 65 (3): 356–365. JSTOR 4474178.
- McPhee, Brian D. (2018). "Mythological Innovations in Corinna's Asopides Poem (fr.654.ii–iv PMG)". Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies. 58 (2): 198–222.
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1963). Greek Melic Poets (4th ed.). New York: Biblo and Tannen. ISBN 978-0-8196-0120-9.
- West, Martin L. (1970). "Corinna". The Classical Quarterly. 20 (2): 277–287. doi:10.1017/S0009838800036235. JSTOR 637425. S2CID 246875832.
Other websites
- "Korinna 1 (PMG 655)". Diotíma. Translated by Rayor, Diane. Retrieved 13 February 2022.