Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: Poetry in Byzantine Literature and Society (1081–1204)
- Part I Poetry and Twelfth-Century Literary Culture
- Part II Poetry and the School
- 5 The Didactic Poetry of Niketas of Herakleia and the Use of Verse in Byzantine Teaching Practice
- 6 Teaching Grammar through Poetry: Tzetzes’ Scholia on the Carmina Iliaca in Context
- 7 Of Mice and Cat: The Katomyomachia as Drama, Parody, School Text and Animal Tale
- 8 On the Roses: Reflections on a Neglected Poem by Nicholas Kallikles (Carm. 29 Romano)
- Part III Poetry, Patronage and Power
- Part IV New Texts, New Interpretations
- Index
7 - Of Mice and Cat: The Katomyomachia as Drama, Parody, School Text and Animal Tale
from Part II - Poetry and the School
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 October 2024
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: Poetry in Byzantine Literature and Society (1081–1204)
- Part I Poetry and Twelfth-Century Literary Culture
- Part II Poetry and the School
- 5 The Didactic Poetry of Niketas of Herakleia and the Use of Verse in Byzantine Teaching Practice
- 6 Teaching Grammar through Poetry: Tzetzes’ Scholia on the Carmina Iliaca in Context
- 7 Of Mice and Cat: The Katomyomachia as Drama, Parody, School Text and Animal Tale
- 8 On the Roses: Reflections on a Neglected Poem by Nicholas Kallikles (Carm. 29 Romano)
- Part III Poetry, Patronage and Power
- Part IV New Texts, New Interpretations
- Index
Summary
This chapter offers a detailed literary analysis of Theodore Prodromos’ Katomyomachia, highlighting its theatrical aspects, its clever use of textual and structural parody, its function as a school text, and its position within Byzantine beast literature, with a particular emphasis on the ‘Aesopic’ as a literary mode.
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- Poetry in Byzantine Literature and Society (1081-1204)New Texts, New Approaches, pp. 183 - 202Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024