Tatiana Faia is a Portuguese poet who often writes about ancient and contem- porary Greece in he... more Tatiana Faia is a Portuguese poet who often writes about ancient and contem- porary Greece in her work. One of her previous books, A Room in Athens (Tinta da China Press, 2018), which was awarded the Pen Award for Poetry in Portugal in 2019, features several poems set in Greece. Tonia Tzirita Zacharatou is a Greek poet and scholar who is currently working on a Greek translation of Tatiana Faia’s latest book, Hadrian (Não Edições, 2022). In December 2022, they met in Athens to conclude the project and discuss poetry and translation for the Journal of Greek Media & Culture.
Epic Performances from the Middle Ages into the Twenty-First Century
This chapter examines the reception of Luís de Camões’s The Lusíads in José Saramago’s play What ... more This chapter examines the reception of Luís de Camões’s The Lusíads in José Saramago’s play What Shall I Make of This Book? Discussing the narrator’s speeches in The Lusíads, Saramago’s play, and a set of statements by intellectuals contemporary to Saramago, it surveys the extent to which Saramago draws on Camões’s allusions to the political instability in King Sebastião’s court in order to comment on the epic’s reception in the twentieth century. The conclusion explores the extent to which Saramago’s views in the play are representative of a wider thread not only in the literary reception of the poem, but also in Camões’s studies. The implications of this idea for the act of reading Camões’s epic today are central to this chapter.
Tese de mestrado, Estudos Clássicos, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, 2011Esta tese c... more Tese de mestrado, Estudos Clássicos, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, 2011Esta tese consiste numa tradução de Flaco de Fílon de Alexandria, a partir do texto fixado por S. Reiter (Reimer, Berlim, 1915), acompanhada por uma introdução e notas. Abstract: The present monography consists in a translation of Philo of Alexandria’s
Flaccus, based upon the text established by S. Reiter (Reimer, Berlin, 1915), accompanied by an introduction and notes.
Pessoa and Cavafy are key figures in European Modernism. The fact that both have consistently dra... more Pessoa and Cavafy are key figures in European Modernism. The fact that both have consistently drawn on the classical past to write about eroticism is a key theme in their work and an overlooked connection. This paper will focus on the appropriation of classical characters both by Pessoa and Cavafy to discuss this pattern as the common theme through which they can be compared. The influence of other authors, especially Baudelaire and Walter Pater, whose approach to classics played a vital role in shaping Modernity's perspectives on the classical tradition, will also be discussed. These elements will be taken into account to examine how the two poets have borrowed and/or subverted the authority of the classics to discuss homoerotic desire and politics in poems penned during and in the aftermath of World War I.
Pessoa e Kavafis são figuras centrais do modernismo Europeu. O facto de que ambos se inspiraram na Antiguidade clássica para escrever sobre erotismo é um tópico em comum, mas que não está estudado. Este artigo centra-se na apropriação de personagens clássicas tanto da parte de Pessoa quanto de Kavafis para comparar os dois poetas. A influência de outros autores, mais especificamente Baudelaire e Walter Pater, cuja relação com os clássicos desempenhou um papel crucial no modo como os Modernismos se apropriaram da tradição clássica, será também objecto de discussão. Uma consideração destes elementos dará lugar a uma análise do modo como ambos os poetas utilizaram e/ou subverteram a autoridade da tradição clássica para discutir temas de homoerotismo e política em poemas escritos durante e na sequência da Primeira
This essay is focused on the idea of tradition and violence, it takes Rodin's portrayal of Dante ... more This essay is focused on the idea of tradition and violence, it takes Rodin's portrayal of Dante as a starting point to discuss the extent to which Homer remains a relevant metaphor to articulate the relationship between East and West.
This paper argues for a link between ancient conceptions around poet's biographies (especially in... more This paper argues for a link between ancient conceptions around poet's biographies (especially in the works of Homer, Plato, and Catullus) and Herberto Helder's own stance in this regard, with special reference to his work "O Bebedor Nocturno."
PhD: Back Across the Barries of the Teeth. Studies on Homeric Characters: The Iliad
Table of Cont... more PhD: Back Across the Barries of the Teeth. Studies on Homeric Characters: The Iliad Table of Contents
This essay takes Christopher Logue‟s adaptation of the Iliad, War Music as a lens to consider the... more This essay takes Christopher Logue‟s adaptation of the Iliad, War Music as a lens to consider the performative nature of the Homeric poem. By analysing Logue‟s version as a critical reading of the poem, I explore how his adaptation pinpoints the performative potential of the poem, whereas offering a challenging interpretation of key questions that cannot quite be detached of the notion of characters as performers. I focus mostly on Il. 1 and on the first instalment of War Music, Kings.
This paper discusses ideas about life travelling in Homer's Iliad and in Ismael Kadaré's The File... more This paper discusses ideas about life travelling in Homer's Iliad and in Ismael Kadaré's The File on H. The intercession between travelling, knowledge and epic as an endagered art form are at the core of my debate.
In this paper I relate The History of the Siege of Lisbon with the concept of time that Saramago ... more In this paper I relate The History of the Siege of Lisbon with the concept of time that Saramago describes as being his own in an interview given in 1998. I argue that the notion that time can be understood as being non diachronic establishes a relationship with the narrative structure of this novel, in which we find a coexistence of two parallel times and an author/ narrator who can access them.
This paper studies an instance of reception of an ancient Greek text by Philo of Alexandria in a ... more This paper studies an instance of reception of an ancient Greek text by Philo of Alexandria in a contemporary Portuguese novel. Thus, Philo of Alexandria's Legatio ad Gaium is read as the model behind Agustina Bessa-Luís' Embaixada a Caligula. Agustina's strong opinions about culture (literature, art, architecture) and its role in shaping collective and individual identities and memories, as laid out for a Portuguese audience of the mid '1960s, are here read in light of the ethical implications of Philo's trip from Alexandria to Rome in 1 AD.
Tatiana Faia is a Portuguese poet who often writes about ancient and contem- porary Greece in he... more Tatiana Faia is a Portuguese poet who often writes about ancient and contem- porary Greece in her work. One of her previous books, A Room in Athens (Tinta da China Press, 2018), which was awarded the Pen Award for Poetry in Portugal in 2019, features several poems set in Greece. Tonia Tzirita Zacharatou is a Greek poet and scholar who is currently working on a Greek translation of Tatiana Faia’s latest book, Hadrian (Não Edições, 2022). In December 2022, they met in Athens to conclude the project and discuss poetry and translation for the Journal of Greek Media & Culture.
Epic Performances from the Middle Ages into the Twenty-First Century
This chapter examines the reception of Luís de Camões’s The Lusíads in José Saramago’s play What ... more This chapter examines the reception of Luís de Camões’s The Lusíads in José Saramago’s play What Shall I Make of This Book? Discussing the narrator’s speeches in The Lusíads, Saramago’s play, and a set of statements by intellectuals contemporary to Saramago, it surveys the extent to which Saramago draws on Camões’s allusions to the political instability in King Sebastião’s court in order to comment on the epic’s reception in the twentieth century. The conclusion explores the extent to which Saramago’s views in the play are representative of a wider thread not only in the literary reception of the poem, but also in Camões’s studies. The implications of this idea for the act of reading Camões’s epic today are central to this chapter.
Tese de mestrado, Estudos Clássicos, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, 2011Esta tese c... more Tese de mestrado, Estudos Clássicos, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, 2011Esta tese consiste numa tradução de Flaco de Fílon de Alexandria, a partir do texto fixado por S. Reiter (Reimer, Berlim, 1915), acompanhada por uma introdução e notas. Abstract: The present monography consists in a translation of Philo of Alexandria’s
Flaccus, based upon the text established by S. Reiter (Reimer, Berlin, 1915), accompanied by an introduction and notes.
Pessoa and Cavafy are key figures in European Modernism. The fact that both have consistently dra... more Pessoa and Cavafy are key figures in European Modernism. The fact that both have consistently drawn on the classical past to write about eroticism is a key theme in their work and an overlooked connection. This paper will focus on the appropriation of classical characters both by Pessoa and Cavafy to discuss this pattern as the common theme through which they can be compared. The influence of other authors, especially Baudelaire and Walter Pater, whose approach to classics played a vital role in shaping Modernity's perspectives on the classical tradition, will also be discussed. These elements will be taken into account to examine how the two poets have borrowed and/or subverted the authority of the classics to discuss homoerotic desire and politics in poems penned during and in the aftermath of World War I.
Pessoa e Kavafis são figuras centrais do modernismo Europeu. O facto de que ambos se inspiraram na Antiguidade clássica para escrever sobre erotismo é um tópico em comum, mas que não está estudado. Este artigo centra-se na apropriação de personagens clássicas tanto da parte de Pessoa quanto de Kavafis para comparar os dois poetas. A influência de outros autores, mais especificamente Baudelaire e Walter Pater, cuja relação com os clássicos desempenhou um papel crucial no modo como os Modernismos se apropriaram da tradição clássica, será também objecto de discussão. Uma consideração destes elementos dará lugar a uma análise do modo como ambos os poetas utilizaram e/ou subverteram a autoridade da tradição clássica para discutir temas de homoerotismo e política em poemas escritos durante e na sequência da Primeira
This essay is focused on the idea of tradition and violence, it takes Rodin's portrayal of Dante ... more This essay is focused on the idea of tradition and violence, it takes Rodin's portrayal of Dante as a starting point to discuss the extent to which Homer remains a relevant metaphor to articulate the relationship between East and West.
This paper argues for a link between ancient conceptions around poet's biographies (especially in... more This paper argues for a link between ancient conceptions around poet's biographies (especially in the works of Homer, Plato, and Catullus) and Herberto Helder's own stance in this regard, with special reference to his work "O Bebedor Nocturno."
PhD: Back Across the Barries of the Teeth. Studies on Homeric Characters: The Iliad
Table of Cont... more PhD: Back Across the Barries of the Teeth. Studies on Homeric Characters: The Iliad Table of Contents
This essay takes Christopher Logue‟s adaptation of the Iliad, War Music as a lens to consider the... more This essay takes Christopher Logue‟s adaptation of the Iliad, War Music as a lens to consider the performative nature of the Homeric poem. By analysing Logue‟s version as a critical reading of the poem, I explore how his adaptation pinpoints the performative potential of the poem, whereas offering a challenging interpretation of key questions that cannot quite be detached of the notion of characters as performers. I focus mostly on Il. 1 and on the first instalment of War Music, Kings.
This paper discusses ideas about life travelling in Homer's Iliad and in Ismael Kadaré's The File... more This paper discusses ideas about life travelling in Homer's Iliad and in Ismael Kadaré's The File on H. The intercession between travelling, knowledge and epic as an endagered art form are at the core of my debate.
In this paper I relate The History of the Siege of Lisbon with the concept of time that Saramago ... more In this paper I relate The History of the Siege of Lisbon with the concept of time that Saramago describes as being his own in an interview given in 1998. I argue that the notion that time can be understood as being non diachronic establishes a relationship with the narrative structure of this novel, in which we find a coexistence of two parallel times and an author/ narrator who can access them.
This paper studies an instance of reception of an ancient Greek text by Philo of Alexandria in a ... more This paper studies an instance of reception of an ancient Greek text by Philo of Alexandria in a contemporary Portuguese novel. Thus, Philo of Alexandria's Legatio ad Gaium is read as the model behind Agustina Bessa-Luís' Embaixada a Caligula. Agustina's strong opinions about culture (literature, art, architecture) and its role in shaping collective and individual identities and memories, as laid out for a Portuguese audience of the mid '1960s, are here read in light of the ethical implications of Philo's trip from Alexandria to Rome in 1 AD.
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Flaccus, based upon the text established by S. Reiter (Reimer, Berlin, 1915), accompanied by an introduction and notes.
Pessoa e Kavafis são figuras centrais do modernismo Europeu. O facto de que ambos se inspiraram na Antiguidade clássica para escrever sobre erotismo é um tópico em comum, mas que não está estudado. Este artigo centra-se na apropriação de personagens clássicas tanto da parte de Pessoa quanto de Kavafis para comparar os dois poetas. A influência de outros autores, mais especificamente Baudelaire e Walter Pater, cuja relação com os clássicos desempenhou um papel crucial no modo como os Modernismos se apropriaram da tradição clássica, será também objecto de discussão. Uma consideração destes elementos dará lugar a uma análise do modo como ambos os poetas utilizaram e/ou subverteram a autoridade da tradição clássica para discutir temas de homoerotismo e política em poemas escritos durante e na sequência da Primeira
Table of Contents
be detached of the notion of characters as performers. I focus mostly on Il. 1 and on the first instalment of War Music, Kings.
Flaccus, based upon the text established by S. Reiter (Reimer, Berlin, 1915), accompanied by an introduction and notes.
Pessoa e Kavafis são figuras centrais do modernismo Europeu. O facto de que ambos se inspiraram na Antiguidade clássica para escrever sobre erotismo é um tópico em comum, mas que não está estudado. Este artigo centra-se na apropriação de personagens clássicas tanto da parte de Pessoa quanto de Kavafis para comparar os dois poetas. A influência de outros autores, mais especificamente Baudelaire e Walter Pater, cuja relação com os clássicos desempenhou um papel crucial no modo como os Modernismos se apropriaram da tradição clássica, será também objecto de discussão. Uma consideração destes elementos dará lugar a uma análise do modo como ambos os poetas utilizaram e/ou subverteram a autoridade da tradição clássica para discutir temas de homoerotismo e política em poemas escritos durante e na sequência da Primeira
Table of Contents
be detached of the notion of characters as performers. I focus mostly on Il. 1 and on the first instalment of War Music, Kings.