Aspects of Orality and Greek Literature in the Roman Empire (Pierides)

Orality was the backbone of ancient Greek culture throughout its different periods. This volume will serve to deepen the readers knowledge of how Greek texts circulated during the Roman Empire. The studies included here approach the subject from both a literary and a sociocultural point of view, illuminating the interconnections between literary and social practices. Topics considered include epigraphy, the rhetoric of transmitting the texts, language and speech, performance, theatre, narrative representation, material culture, and the interaction of different cultures. Since orality is a widespread phenomenon in the Greek-speaking world of the Roman Empire, this book draws the readers attention to under-researched texts and inscriptions. Preface ; Introduction / Consuelo Ruiz-Montero ; Chapter One. The Oral Transmission of Memory in the Greek Cities of the Imperial Period / Angelos Chaniotis ; Chapter Two. Poetic and Prose Oral Performance in the Greek World of the Roman Empire / Ewen Bowie ; Chapter Three. Writing, Orality and Paideia in Plutarch{u2019}s The Banquet of the Seven Sages / José-Antonio Fernández Delgado ; Chapter Four. Plutarch and the Novel: Register and Embedded Narratives in the De genio Socratis and in Achilles Tatius / Harold Tarrant ; Chapter Five. Oral Tales and Greek Fictional Narrative in Roman Imperial Prose / Consuelo Ruiz-Montero ; Chapter Six. Embedded Orality in Apuleius{u2019} Metamorphoses and Florida / Loreto Núñez ; Chapter Seven. The Spoken Word, or the Prestige of Orality in Lucian / Francesca Mestre ; Chapter Eight. {u2018}Comic Books{u2019} in Greco-Roman Antiquity / Antonio Stramaglia ; Chapter Nine. Jokes between Orality and Writing: The Case of the Philogelos / Mario Andreassi ; Chapter Ten. Oral and Material Aspects of Sanctuaries in Roman Greece: Delphi, Plutarch and Pausanias / Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis ; Chapter Eleven. Egyptian Literature and Orality in the Roman Period / Jacqueline E. Jay ; Chapter Twelve. The Island that was a Fish: An Ancient Folktale in the Alexander Romance and in Other Texts of Late Antiquity / Ioannis M. Konstantakos. "Orality was the backbone of ancient Greek culture throughout its different periods. This volume will serve to deepen the reader's knowledge of how Greek texts circulated during the Roman Empire. The studies included here approach the subject from both a literary and a sociocultural point of view, illuminating the interconnections between literary and social practices. Topics considered include epigraphy, the rhetoric of transmitting the texts, language and speech, performance, theatre, narrative representation, material culture, and the interaction of different cultures. Since orality is a wide." - Prové de l'editor Table of Contents 6 Illustrations 8 Contributors 9 Abbreviations 13 Preface 16 Introduction 18 Chapter One 49 Chapter Two 66 Chapter Three 98 Chapter Four 117 Chapter Five 141 Chapter Six 169 Chapter Seven 202 Chapter Eight 221 Chapter Nine 236 Chapter Ten 257 Chapter Eleven 280 Chapter Twelve 298 Bibliography 319 Index Locorum 367 General Index 384 Index of Greek Words 404