title: Nikolai F. Emin’s Imitations of the Ancients and their French Source
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metadata.value: Lappo-Danilevskii, Konstantin Yu.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-02-21T19:36:21Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-02-21T19:36:21Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-12
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metadata.value: Lappo-Danilevskii K. Yu. Nikolai F. Emin’s Imitations of the Ancients and their French Source. Philologia Classica 2021, 16 (2), 322–337.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2021.212
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/35197
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metadata.value: The article establishes the source of Imitations of the Ancients, published in 1795 in Saint
  Petersburg. The translator and compiler of this book was Nikolai F. Emin (1767–1814),
  son of Fedor A. Emin (1735–1770), the famous Russian writer and adventurer of Turkish
  origin who died when his son was only three years old. Emin junior did not know ancient
  languages and therefore used a French anthology by Julien-Jacques Moutonnet de Clairfons
  (1740–1813), which was printed many times in the 18th century. For his book Emin
  choose poems by Sappho, Anacreon (to be precise, Anacreontic poetry), Theocritus, Bion,
  Moschus, Horace and Catullus. Emin also used the biographical preambles to their poems,
  which he shortened significantly. In the preface to his book, Emin expounded upon the theory
  of “imitation,” denying the possibility of precision in poetic translation. He also defended
  the necessity of rhyme in “imitations” of ancient Greek and Latin poetry. Despite these
  declarations, Emin generally followed quite closely Moutonnet de Clairfons’ French prose.
  Only once did Emin make fundamental changes. This was in his “imitation” of Theocritus’
  eleventh idyll. In this case, he explained his logic in an extensive footnote. Emin changed
  the ugly cyclops Polyphemes into the gallant and handsome shepherd Menalk, substantiating
  his decision with the declaration that such a hero better suited “our present age.” In
  other cases, deviations from ancient texts can be explained not by Emin’s arbitrariness, but
  by changes made by Moutonnet de Clairfons in the French translation. For example, it was
  he who combined two poems by Catullus (XCII и LXXXV), a decision that Emin followed.
  To the famous lament for a sparrow, Moutonnet de Clairfons added an appeal to “sensitive
  lovers” which is also found in Emin’s text.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 16; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: 18th-century Russian literature
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: reception of Sappho
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Anacreontic poetry
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Theocritos
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Bion
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Moschus
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Horace and Catullus in Russia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Nikolai Emin
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: J.-J. Moutonnet de Clairfons
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Nikolai F. Emin’s Imitations of the Ancients and their French Source
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metadata.value: Article
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