Speech in ancient Greek literature / edited by Mathieu de Bakker, Irene J.F. de Jong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bakker, Mathieu de, editor.

Jong, Irene J. F. de, editor.

Series:

Studies in ancient Greek narrative ; v. 5.

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 448.

Studies in ancient Greek narrative ; volume five

Mnemosyne supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, 0169-8958 ; volume 448

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Speech in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 750 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

Summary:

"Speech in Ancient Greek Literature is the fifth volume in the series Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative. There is hardly any Greek narrative text without speech, which need not surprise in the literature of a culture which loved theatre and also invented the art of rhetoric. This book offers a full discussion of the types of speech, the modes of speech and their effective alternation, and the functions of speech from Homer to Heliodorus, including the Gospels. For the first time speech-introductions and 'speech in speech' are discussed across all genres. All chapters also pay attention to moments when characters do not speak"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : narratological theory on speech / Mathieu de Bakker and Irene de Jong

Part I. Epic and elegiac poetry. Homer / Irene de Jong

Hesiod / Hugo Koning

The Homeric Hymns / Irene de Jong

Apollonius of Rhodes / Jacqueline Klooster

Callimachus / Annette Harder

Theocritus / Jacqueline Klooster

Quintus of Smyrna / Silvio Bär

Nonnus / Berenice Verhelst

Part 2. Historiography. Herodotus / Mathieu de Bakker

Thucydides / Tim Rood

Xenophon / Luuk Huitink, Tim Rood

Polybius / Luke Pitcher

Appian / Luke Pitcher

Cassius Dio / Luke Pitcher

Herodian / Luke Pitcher

Josephus / Jan Willem van Henten, Luuk Huitink

Part 3. Choral lyric. Pindar and Bacchylides / Bruno Currie

Part 4. Drama. Aeschylus / Evert van Emde Boas

Sophocles / Evert van Emde Boas

Euripides / Evert van Emde Boas

Part 5. Oratory. Early orators / Luuk Huitink

Later orators / Mathieu de Bakker

Part 6. Philosophy. Plato / Kathryn Morgan

Part 7. Biography. Plutarch / Judith Mossman

Philostratus / Kristoffel Demoen

Part 8. Christian narrative. The Gospels / Michal Beth Dinkler

Part 9. The novel. Chariton / Koen de Temmerman

Xenophon of Ephesus / Aldo Tagliabue

Achilles Tatius / Koen de Temmerman

Longus / John Morgan

Heliodorus / John Morgan

Epilogue : speech in ancient Greek narrative / Mathieu de Bakker and Irene de Jong.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Online version: Speech in ancient Greek literature

ISBN:

9789004498808

900449880X

OCLC:

1285371152

Publisher Number:

9789004498808