Korinna

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Korinna ( ancient Greek Κόριννα Kórinna , diminutive of κόρα kóra "girl") was an ancient Greek poet. Some critics consider it the most important after Sappho . Your lifetime is controversial; the approaches vary between the early 5th and 3rd centuries BC. Chr.

Life

Korinna came from Tanagra in Boiotien , where according to the report of Pausanias (IX 22, 3) there was also a statue of her in antiquity . Your life dates are uncertain. Some believe that it was in the 3rd century BC. BC, because her few poems that have survived have been handed down in the language and orthography of that time. Others consider a much earlier lifetime to be more likely and consider her a contemporary of Pindar (early 5th century BC). They are based on an anecdote handed down by several authors (Pausanias, Plutarch , Aelian ), which tells of a competition ( agon ) between Korinna and Pindar.

poetry

Korinna wrote numerous poems, but only a few papyrus fragments and quotations from other writers ( Hephaistion , Apollonios Dyskolos ) have survived. It contains materials from the Greek, especially the local Boiotic world of legends (seven against Thebes , Oedipus , Heracles , Orion ). A papyrus found in Hermupolis in 1906 contains verses in which a musical competition between the two Boiotic mountains Kithairon and Helikon is sung. The style of her poetry is said to be simple, vivid, and graceful. The verses obtained show the vowel shifts peculiar to the Boiotic dialect (e.g. η instead of αι).

reception

It is believed that Korinna initially only achieved local fame as a local poet and was only rediscovered by connoisseurs and lovers in the Hellenistic period. The five-volume edition of her works, known in antiquity under the title Melê (μέλη - plural of μέλος, "songs") , probably dates from this time . She was counted as the tenth female poet in the Alexandrian " Canon of the nine classical Greek poets ". The Roman poets saw it as a model of learned and at the same time simple poetry ( Properz II 3, 21). P. Ovidius Naso named in her honor, the central figure of his Amores therefore Corinna .

The female first name " Corinna ", which is still widespread today, goes back to the poet.

Editions and translations

literature

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Investigations

  • Derek Collins: Corinna and mythological innovation . In: The Classical Quarterly 56, 2006, pp. 19-32
  • Guy Vottéro: Remarques sur les graphies et la langue des papyrus de Corinne. In: Claude Brixhe, Guy Vottéro (ed.): Folia Graeca in honorem Edouard Will. Linguistica , De Boccard, Paris 2012, ISBN 978-2-913667-34-1 , pp. 97-159
personal data
SURNAME Korinna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Κόριννα (ancient Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek poet
DATE OF BIRTH before 200 BC Chr.
PLACE OF BIRTH Tanagra
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr.