Direct Speech in Greek and Latin Epic : Expanding the Methods and Canon / edited by Christopher Forstall and Berenice Verhelst.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Forstall, Christopher W., editor.

Verhelst, Berenice, 1987- editor.

Series:

Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025.

The Language of Classical Literature ; 43.

Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025

The Language of Classical Literature ; 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical Studies.

Literature and Cultural Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (505 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Expanding the Methods and Canon

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Direct speech is a key feature of epic poetry. It has mimetic and rhetorical qualities, contributes to the characterization of the heroes and conveys emotions. This volume accompanies the launch of the DICES Database of Greek and Latin Epic Speech, mapping direct speech representation from Homer to Late Antiquity. It presents exploratory and methodologically innovative case studies by the project’s interdisciplinary group of test users. The project seeks to inspire future research in the field, promoting Digital Humanities methods, drawing on theoretical insights from the fields of social psychology, the study of emotions, and narratology, and expanding the epic canon.

Contents:

Preface

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

1 Introduction

Christopher W. Forstall and Berenice Verhelst

Part 1 Form

2 Vocatives in the Speeches of Homer and Quintus of Smyrna

Irene J.F. de Jong

3 A Computational Approach to Characters’ Intentional Repetitions in Homeric Epic

Ombretta Cesca and Matteo Romanello

4 Exhortations in Silius Italicus’ Punica

Christoph Schwameis and Jan R. Telg genannt Kortmann

5 Between epic and epideictic: direct speech in Claudian’s political poems through a digital lens

Valéry Berlincourt

Part 2 Tradition

6 Epic speech and intertextuality: The epyllium Telephi in its literary context

Martina Delucchi

7 Hannibal, Hercules, and the Livian Narrators of Silius Italicus’ Punica

Charles W. Oughton

8 Desine grande loqui: Characters and speeches in the Psychomachia of Prudentius

Roberto Chiappiniello

Part 3 Style

9 Measuring Dialogism in Latin Epic

Patrick J. Burns

10 The (annotated) language of the Homeric Heroes: Towards a treebank-based approach

Francesco Mambrini

11 Computational Stylometry and Speech Style in Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Thomas J. Bolt, Pramit Chaudhuri and Joseph Dexter

Part 4 Emotion

12 Speech and emotion in Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica

Rebekka Schirner

13 Quantifying Genre: A Study in Tragic Voices in Roman Epic

Bernhard Söllradl

14 Characterizational “swerves” in the speeches of Achilles in Greek and Latin Literature

William J. Dominik

Part 5 Interaction

15 κερτομέω in context(s) in Greek epic poetry

Deborah Beck

16 Speaking Fake News in Flavian Epic

Melissande Tomcik

17 Evaluating workplace relationships in the Homeric Iliad : bringing together digital approaches and social and cognitive theory

Elizabeth Minchin

18 Listen to mummy! Epic mother speech and persuasion from Homer to Nonnus

19 Using networks to explore the relationships between characters and the words they speak in Homer’s Iliad

Jeff Rydberg-Cox

Glossary

Digital appendix

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-75022-3

9789004750227

OCLC:

1564843590

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004750227 DOI