Artificial Intelligence in Greek and Roman Epic

This is the first scholarly exploration of concepts and representations of Artificial Intelligence in ancient Greek and...
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Author: Andriana Domouzi
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Artificial Intelligence in Greek and Roman Epic by Domouzi, Andriana

Artificial Intelligence in Greek and Roman Epic

$405.05

Artificial Intelligence in Greek and Roman Epic

$405.05
Author: Andriana Domouzi
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
This is the first scholarly exploration of concepts and representations of Artificial Intelligence in ancient Greek and Roman epic, including their reception in later literature and culture. Contributors look at how Hesiod, Homer, Apollonius of Rhodes, Moschus, Ovid and Valerius Flaccus have elaborated on the first literary texts that deal with automata and the quest for artificial life, as well as technological intervention improving human life.

Parts one and two consider, respectively, archaic Greek, Hellenistic and Roman epics. Contributors explore the representations of Pandora in Hesiod, Homeric automata such as Hephaestus' wheeled tripods, the Phaiakian king Alkino?s' golden and silver guard dogs, and even the Trojan Horse. Later examples cover Artificial Intelligence and automation (including Talos) in the Argonautica of Apollonius and Valerius Flaccus, and Pygmalion's ivory woman in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Part three underlines how these concepts benefit from analysis of the ekphrasis device, within which they often feature. These chapters investigate the cyborg potential of the epic hero and the literary implications of ancient technology. Moving into contemporary examples, the final chapters consider the reception of ancient literary Artificial Intelligence in contemporary film and literature, such as the Czech science-fiction epic Starvoyage, or Small Cosmic Odyssey by Jan Kresadlo (1995) and the British science-fiction novel The Holy Machine by Chris Beckett (2004).

Author: Andriana Domouzi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 06/13/2024
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9781350260696

About the Author

Andriana Domouzi is Postdoctoral Researcher in Classics and Theatre Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

Silvio Bär is Professor of Classics at the University of Oslo, Norway.

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