Narrators, Narratees, and Narratives in Ancient Greek Literature: Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative, Volume One (Mnemosyne, Supplements)

This is the first in a series of volumes which together will provide an entirely new history of ancient Greek (narrative) literature. Its organization is formal rather than biographical. It traces the history of central narrative devices, such as the narrator and his narratees, time, focalization, characterization, description, speech, and plot. It offers not only analyses of the handling of such a device by individual authors, but also a larger historical perspective on the manner in which it changes over time and is put to different uses by different authors in different genres. The first volume lays the foundation for all volumes to come, discussing the definition and boundaries of narrative, and the roles of its producer, the narrator, and recipient, the narratees. Preface 9 General introduction 11 Glossary 15 Introduction. Narratological theory on narrators, narratees, and narratives (I.J.F. de Jong) 19 Chapter One. Homer (I.J.F. de Jong) 31 Chapter Two. Hesiod (R. Nünlist) 43 Chapter Three. The Homeric Hymns (R. Nünlist) 53 Chapter Four. Apollonius of Rhodes (M.P. Cuypers) 61 Chapter Five. Callimachus (M.A. Harder) 81 Chapter Six. Theocritus and Moschus (R. Hunter) 101 Chapter Seven. Herodotus (I.J.F. de Jong) 119 Chapter Eight. Thucydides (T. Rood) 133 Chapter Nine. Xenophon (V. Gray) 147 Chapter Ten. Polybius (T. Rood) 165 Chapter Eleven. Arrian (T. Hidber) 183 Chapter Twelve. Appian (T. Hidber) 193 Chapter Thirteen. Cassius Dio (T. Hidber) 205 Chapter Fourteen. Herodian (T. Hidber) 219 Chapter Fifteen. Pindar and Bacchylides (I.L. Pfeijffer) 231 Chapter Sixteen. Aeschylus (J. Barrett) 253 Chapter Seventeen. Sophocles (I.J.F. de Jong) 273 Chapter Eighteen. Euripides (N.J. Lowe) 287 Chapter Nineteen. Aristophanes (A. Bowie) 299 Chapter Twenty. Menander (R. Nünlist) 315 Chapter Twenty-One. Lycophron (N.J. Lowe) 325 Chapter Twenty-Two. Antiphon (M. Edwards) 335 Chapter Twenty-Three. Andocides (M. Edwards) 343 Chapter Twenty-Four. Lysias (M. Edwards) 351 Chapter Twenty-Five. Isocrates (M. Edwards) 355 Chapter Twenty-Six. Demosthenes (M. Edwards) 361 Chapter Twenty-Seven. Aeschines (M. Edwards) 367 Chapter Twenty-Eight. Plato (K.A. Morgan) 375 Chapter Twenty-Nine. Xenophon (V. Gray) 395 Chapter Thirty. Xenophon (V. Gray) 409 Chapter Thirty-One. Plutarch (C.B.R. Pelling) 421 Chapter Thirty-Two. Philostratus (T.J.G. Whitmarsh) 441 Chapter Thirty-Three. Aelius Aristides (T.J.G. Whitmarsh) 459 Chapter Thirty-Four. Dio Chrysostom (T.J.G. Whitmarsh) 469 Chapter Thirty-Five. Lucian (T.J.G. Whitmarsh) 483 Chapter Thirty-Six. Chariton (J. Morgan) 497 Chapter Thirty-Seven. Xenophon of Ephesus (J. Morgan) 507 Chapter Thirty-Eight. Achilles Tatius (J. Morgan) 511 Chapter Thirty-Nine. Longus (J. Morgan) 525 Chapter Fourty. Heliodorus (J. Morgan) 541 Epilogue. Narrators, narratees, and narratives in ancient Greek literature (I.J.F. de Jong and R. Nünlist) 563 Bibliography 573 Thematic index 597 "This is the first in a series of volumes which together will provide an entirely new history of ancient Greek (narrative) literature. Its organization is formal rather than biographical. It traces the history of central narrative devices, such as the narrator and his narratees, time, focalization, characterization, description, speech, and plot. It offers not only analyses of the handling of such a device by individual authors, but also a larger historical perspective on the manner in which it changes over time and is put to different uses by different authors in different genres. The first volume lays the foundation for all volumes to come, discussing the definition and boundaries of narrative, and the roles of its producer, the narrator, and recipient, the narratees"--Publisher's website This is the first part of a new narratological history of Greek literature, which deals with the definition and boundaries of narrative and the role of narrators and narratees.; Readership: All those interested in ancient Greek literature, narrative theory, literary history, comparative literature v. 1. Studies in ancient Greek narrative -- edited by Irene de Jong, Rene Nünlist and Angus Bowie.