Accompanying glossary to Summary Antiquity

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Glossary
G.
A.
Genus deliberativum – political speeches either for
or against a certain political ideology, one of the
Aemulatio – to be better than the predecessors I.I
three genres of ancient rhetoric. I.V
Aetiological – the beginning of something/origin I.I
Genus demonstrativum – ceremonial speeches held
at commemorations or funerals etc. one of the three
Allegory – a story or image with several layers.
genres of ancient rhetoric. I.V
Anachronism – an action/person placed in a time
Genus iudiciale – forensic or judicial speeches,
where it does not belong to distance them from
often in defence or persecution, one of the three
their origins. II.VII
genres of ancient rhetoric. I.V
Anthology - a collection of literary works chosen
H.
by the compiler. I.VI
Histography – a form of prose-written history,
Aphorism – a statement that is often with a twist,
giving a moral and political version of history I.I
like a paradox or satire. I.V
I.
Artes Liberales – an education based around
grammar, logic and rhetoric (the trivium), and
Idiosyncratic – personal, to be of personal
geometry, arithmetic, astronomy and music. II.I
experience. I.III
B.
Imitatio – to imitate the predecessors. I.I
Bildungsroman – a novel used to educate the reader
Incunabula – books printed before 1501. II.XI
on a certain subject. II.IX
Integumentum argument – a fictional text may
Bucolic literature – the idealisation of shepherd life
contain a deeper truth and is therefore worth
by ancient writers. I.I
telling. II.IX
C.
Interlace – several different storylines are followed
from different narrators, so simultaneity is
Canonisation – making someone or something a
suggested even though the events follow one
part of literary/theological existence I.I
another. II.IX
D.
Intertextuality – Direct and deliberate engagement
Didactic epic – an epic written with the intention to
with previously written texts, intentional or not. I.I
instruct or enrich the reader, written in Hexameters,
J.
a form of meter. I.I
Disillusion – to destroy one’s believe in good –
often fake – view on things. II.VII
K.
Drama – Plays in the ancient literary world, often
tragedies and comedies, used in rituals. I.I
L.
E.
Langue d’oïl – the language spoken in Northern
Elegiac couplet – a literary epigram of two
France during the Middle Ages. II.VIII
sentences, being written in a hexameter and in a
pentameter. (elegists) I.III
Langue d’oc – the language spoken in Occitania in
southern France. II.VIII
Epitaph – a small written memory of a deceased
person on their tombstone. I.III
Legend – a story surrounding a historical figure
and the poet’s thematics. II.VIII
F.
Literary epigram – a short poem, consisting of at
Fabliau – a French, humorous and often on verse
least two, but usually four to eight verses, often
written story, obscene and characterized by the
memorable and meant to be read. I.I
appearance of lower-class citizens. It is often
somewhat rude. II.XI