Time in Ancient Greek Literature Time in Ancient Greek Literature: Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative, Volume 2 Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative, Vo (Mnemosyne, Supplements Mnemosyne, Supplements)

This is the second volume of a new narratological history of Ancient Greek lietrature, which deals with aspects of time: the order in which events are narrated, the amount of time devoted to the naration, and the number of times they are presented. Time in Ancient Greek Literature (2007) ......Page 1 Mnemosyne - Volume 291......Page 3 ISBN: 9789004165069......Page 5 --> TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 10 GLOSSARY......Page 12 Introduction......Page 16 The distinction fabula—story—text......Page 17 Order: analepses and prolepses......Page 18 Order: beginnings and multiple storylines......Page 23 Rhythm......Page 25 Frequency......Page 28 Conclusion......Page 29 PART ONE - EPIC AND ELEGIAC POETRY......Page 30 Introduction. Time awareness......Page 32 Order......Page 33 Analepses......Page 35 Prolepses......Page 39 Combinations......Page 43 Simultaneity and parallel storylines......Page 45 Rhythm......Page 46 Frequency......Page 49 Conclusion......Page 51 Theogony......Page 54 Works and Days......Page 63 chapter three - HOMERIC HYMNS......Page 68 Introduction. Time awareness in the Argonautica......Page 78 Time span of the fabula and the story......Page 80 Order......Page 82 Simultaneity and parallel storylines......Page 84 Analepsis......Page 85 Prolepsis......Page 88 Rhythm......Page 91 Frequency......Page 93 Conclusion......Page 95 Time and the order of events......Page 96 Prolepsis......Page 101 Analepsis......Page 104 Beginnings and endings......Page 106 Rhythm......Page 108 Conclusion......Page 111 Introduction. Time awareness in Theocritus’ poetry......Page 112 The time span of the narratives......Page 114 Modes of narration: subsequent, simultaneous and prior......Page 115 Prolepsis and analepsis......Page 117 Ellipsis and allusive narrative......Page 121 Other forms of rhythm......Page 122 Frequency......Page 124 Conclusions......Page 125 PART TWO - HISTORIOGRAPHY......Page 128 chapter seven - HERODOTUS......Page 130 Frequency......Page 133 Speed......Page 135 Order......Page 137 chapter eight - THUCYDIDES......Page 146 Frequency......Page 148 Speed......Page 152 Order......Page 154 chapter nine - XENOPHON......Page 162 Frequency......Page 164 Speed......Page 165 Order......Page 168 chapter ten - POLYBIUS......Page 180 Frequency......Page 181 Speed......Page 182 Order......Page 187 The future of the past: Alexander and I......Page 198 On the march......Page 199 Order......Page 202 Rhythm: keeping pace with the king......Page 208 Conclusion......Page 209 Choosing contemporary history......Page 212 Where to begin......Page 213 The order of the History......Page 214 The rhythm of history and the dynamics of power......Page 223 Conclusion......Page 225 Awareness of time......Page 228 Order......Page 230 Prolepsis......Page 231 Analepsis......Page 236 Parallel storylines......Page 240 Rhythm......Page 242 Conclusion......Page 245 PART THREE - CHORAL LYRIC......Page 246 Pindar......Page 248 Pythian 4......Page 260 Bacchylides......Page 262 PART FOUR - DRAMA......Page 268 chapter fifteen - AESCHYLUS......Page 270 Retrospective narratives......Page 271 Retrospective narratives: catalogues......Page 279 Prospective narratives......Page 281 Mixed narratives......Page 282 Repeating narration......Page 286 Conclusion......Page 288 Introduction. Time awareness......Page 290 Order 1: retrospective narratives......Page 291 Order 2: prospective narratives......Page 297 Order 3: chronological versus anachronical......Page 301 Rhythm......Page 302 Frequency (repeating narration)......Page 305 Conclusion......Page 306 Introduction......Page 308 Beginnings......Page 310 Retrospective narratives......Page 311 Prospective narratives......Page 312 Order within narratives......Page 315 Rhythm......Page 316 Frequency......Page 317 Conclusion......Page 319 Order......Page 320 Rhythm......Page 329 Simultaneous narration......Page 330 Conclusion......Page 331 PART FIVE - ORATORY......Page 334 chapter nineteen - ANTIPHON......Page 336 Frequency and rhythm......Page 337 Order......Page 339 Conclusion......Page 340 chapter twenty - LYSIAS......Page 344 Frequency......Page 345 Speed......Page 347 Conclusion......Page 350 Order......Page 352 Speed and frequency......Page 355 Other examples......Page 356 Conclusion......Page 357 PART SIX - PHILOSOPHY......Page 358 chapter twenty-two - PLATO......Page 360 Temporal settings......Page 361 The iterative/repetitive world of Socratic dialectic......Page 363 Analepsis......Page 370 Prolepsis......Page 375 Rhythm......Page 376 Slow-down......Page 377 Acceleration......Page 379 Conclusion......Page 382 chapter twenty-three - XENOPHON......Page 384 Order......Page 386 Rhythm......Page 390 Frequency......Page 394 Conclusion......Page 396 PART SEVEN - BIOGRAPHY......Page 398 chapter twenty-four - XENOPHON......Page 400 Phase I: Cyrus’ education and development......Page 401 Phase II: Cyrus the conqueror......Page 406 Phase IV: The death of Cyrus......Page 409 Conclusion......Page 410 The biographer at work......Page 412 Narrative slowing down I: the grand scenes......Page 414 Narrative slowing down II: extensive narration of significant historical events......Page 415 Narrative acceleration......Page 416 Foreshadowing......Page 418 Omnitemporal narration of habitual or characterizing behaviors......Page 421 Achronic narration......Page 422 Analepsis......Page 423 The analeptic sunkrisis......Page 424 Conclusion......Page 425 Time awareness......Page 428 Structure and segmentation......Page 432 Rhythm......Page 437 Narratorial anachrony......Page 438 Actorial anachrony......Page 441 Suspense......Page 444 PART EIGHT - THE NOVEL......Page 446 chapter twenty-seven - CHARITON......Page 448 Analepses......Page 450 Prolepses......Page 455 Simultaneity and parallel storylines......Page 463 Rhythm......Page 464 Frequency......Page 465 Conclusion......Page 466 chapter twenty-eight - XENOPHON OF EPHESUS......Page 468 Order......Page 470 Analepses......Page 471 Prolepses......Page 474 Simultaneity and parallel storylines......Page 479 Rhythm......Page 480 Conclusion......Page 481 chapter twenty-nine - LONGUS......Page 482 Analepses......Page 489 Prolepses......Page 491 Conclusion......Page 497 chapter thirty - HELIODORUS......Page 498 Order 1: analepsis......Page 499 Order 2: prolepsis......Page 511 Rhythm......Page 517 Pauses and ellipses......Page 518 Conclusion......Page 519 Chronology......Page 520 Time awareness......Page 521 Analepsis......Page 523 Prolepsis and foreshadowing......Page 527 Parallel storylines and simultaneity......Page 530 Rhythm......Page 532 Frequency......Page 534 Subsequent, prior and simultaneous narration......Page 536 Envoi......Page 537 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 538 THEMATIC INDEX......Page 554 Time in Ancient Greek Literature (2007) 1 Mnemosyne - Volume 291 3 ISBN: 9789004165069 5 --> TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 PREFACE 10 GLOSSARY 12 INTRODUCTION - NARRATOLOGICAL THEORY ON TIME 16 Introduction 16 The distinction fabula—story—text 17 Order: analepses and prolepses 18 Order: beginnings and multiple storylines 23 Rhythm 25 Frequency 28 Conclusion 29 Chapters 30 PART ONE - EPIC AND ELEGIAC POETRY 30 chapter one - HOMER 32 Introduction. Time awareness 32 Order 33 Analepses 35 Prolepses 39 Combinations 43 Simultaneity and parallel storylines 45 Rhythm 46 Frequency 49 Conclusion 51 chapter two - HESIOD 54 Theogony 54 Works and Days 63 chapter three - HOMERIC HYMNS 68 chapter four - APOLLONIUS OF RHODES 78 Introduction. Time awareness in the Argonautica 78 Time span of the fabula and the story 80 Order 82 Simultaneity and parallel storylines 84 Analepsis 85 Prolepsis 88 Rhythm 91 Frequency 93 Conclusion 95 chapter five - CALLIMACHUS 96 Introduction 96 Order 96 Time and the order of events 96 Prolepsis 101 Analepsis 104 Beginnings and endings 106 Rhythm 108 Conclusion 111 chapter six - THEOCRITUS 112 Introduction. Time awareness in Theocritus’ poetry 112 The time span of the narratives 114 Modes of narration: subsequent, simultaneous and prior 115 Prolepsis and analepsis 117 Ellipsis and allusive narrative 121 Other forms of rhythm 122 Frequency 124 Conclusions 125 PART TWO - HISTORIOGRAPHY 128 chapter seven - HERODOTUS 130 Frequency 133 Speed 135 Order 137 chapter eight - THUCYDIDES 146 Frequency 148 Speed 152 Order 154 chapter nine - XENOPHON 162 Frequency 164 Speed 165 Order 168 chapter ten - POLYBIUS 180 Frequency 181 Speed 182 Order 187 chapter eleven - ARRIAN 198 The future of the past: Alexander and I 198 On the march 199 Order 202 Rhythm: keeping pace with the king 208 Conclusion 209 chapter twelve - HERODIAN 212 Choosing contemporary history 212 Where to begin 213 The order of the History 214 Frequency 223 The rhythm of history and the dynamics of power 223 Conclusion 225 chapter thirteen - JOSEPHUS 228 Awareness of time 228 Order 230 Prolepsis 231 Analepsis 236 Parallel storylines 240 Rhythm 242 Conclusion 245 PART THREE - CHORAL LYRIC 246 chapter fourteen - PINDAR AND BACCHYLIDES 248 Pindar 248 Pythian 4 260 Bacchylides 262 PART FOUR - DRAMA 268 chapter fifteen - AESCHYLUS 270 Retrospective narratives 271 Retrospective narratives: catalogues 279 Prospective narratives 281 Mixed narratives 282 Repeating narration 286 Conclusion 288 chapter sixteen - SOPHOCLES 290 Introduction. Time awareness 290 Order 1: retrospective narratives 291 Order 2: prospective narratives 297 Order 3: chronological versus anachronical 301 Rhythm 302 Frequency (repeating narration) 305 Conclusion 306 chapter seventeen - EURIPIDES 308 Introduction 308 Beginnings 310 Retrospective narratives 311 Prospective narratives 312 Order within narratives 315 Rhythm 316 Frequency 317 Conclusion 319 chapter eighteen - ARISTOPHANES 320 Order 320 Rhythm 329 Simultaneous narration 330 Conclusion 331 PART FIVE - ORATORY 334 chapter nineteen - ANTIPHON 336 Frequency and rhythm 337 Order 339 Conclusion 340 chapter twenty - LYSIAS 344 Frequency 345 Speed 347 Order 350 Conclusion 350 chapter twenty-one - DEMOSTHENES 352 Order 352 Speed and frequency 355 Other examples 356 Conclusion 357 PART SIX - PHILOSOPHY 358 chapter twenty-two - PLATO 360 Temporal settings 361 The iterative/repetitive world of Socratic dialectic 363 Analepsis 370 Prolepsis 375 Rhythm 376 Slow-down 377 Acceleration 379 Conclusion 382 chapter twenty-three - XENOPHON 384 Order 386 Rhythm 390 Frequency 394 Conclusion 396 PART SEVEN - BIOGRAPHY 398 chapter twenty-four - XENOPHON 400 Phase I: Cyrus’ education and development 401 Phase II: Cyrus the conqueror 406 Phase III: Cyrus king of Babylon 409 Phase IV: The death of Cyrus 409 Conclusion 410 chapter twenty-five - PLUTARCH 412 The biographer at work 412 Narrative slowing down I: the grand scenes 414 Narrative slowing down II: extensive narration of significant historical events 415 Narrative acceleration 416 Foreshadowing 418 Omnitemporal narration of habitual or characterizing behaviors 421 Achronic narration 422 Analepsis 423 The analeptic sunkrisis 424 Motif of reference to the narrator’s own time 425 Conclusion 425 chapter twenty-six - PHILOSTRATUS 428 Time awareness 428 Structure and segmentation 432 Rhythm 437 Narratorial anachrony 438 Actorial anachrony 441 Suspense 444 PART EIGHT - THE NOVEL 446 chapter twenty-seven - CHARITON 448 Order 450 Analepses 450 Prolepses 455 Simultaneity and parallel storylines 463 Rhythm 464 Frequency 465 Conclusion 466 chapter twenty-eight - XENOPHON OF EPHESUS 468 Order 470 Analepses 471 Prolepses 474 Simultaneity and parallel storylines 479 Rhythm 480 Frequency 481 Conclusion 481 chapter twenty-nine - LONGUS 482 Analepses 489 Prolepses 491 Conclusion 497 chapter thirty - HELIODORUS 498 Order 1: analepsis 499 Order 2: prolepsis 511 Rhythm 517 Pauses and ellipses 518 Conclusion 519 EPILOGUE - TIME IN ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE 520 Chronology 520 Time awareness 521 Analepsis 523 Prolepsis and foreshadowing 527 Parallel storylines and simultaneity 530 Rhythm 532 Frequency 534 Subsequent, prior and simultaneous narration 536 Envoi 537 BIBLIOGRAPHY 538 THEMATIC INDEX 554 9004165061,9789004165069 Brill This Is The Second In A Series Of Books Which Together Will Provide A History Of Ancient Greek (narrative) Literature. The Text Traces The History Of Central Narrative Devices, Such As The Narrator And His Narratees, Time, Focalisation, Characterisation, And Space. Homer / I.j.f. De Jong -- Hesiod / R. Nunlist -- The Homeric Hymns / R. Nunlist -- Apollonius Of Rhodes / J.j.h. Klooster -- Callimachus / M.a. Harder -- Theocritus / J.j.h. Klooster -- Herodotus / T. Rood -- Thucydides / T. Rood -- Xenophon / T. Rood -- Polybius / T. Rood -- Arrian / T. Hidber -- Herodian / T. Hidber -- Josephus / J.w. Van Henten & L. Huitink -- Pindar And Bacchylides / R. Nunlist -- Aeschylus / J. Barrett -- Sophocles / I.j.f. De Jong -- Euripides / M.a. Lloyd -- Aristophanes / A.m. Bowie -- Antiphon / M.j. Edwards -- Lysias / M.j. Edwards -- Demosthenes / M.j.edwards -- Plato / K.a.morgan -- Xenophon / K.a. Morgan -- Xenophon / M. Beck -- Plutarch / M. Beck -- Philostratus / T.j.g. Whitmarsh -- Chariton / J.r. Morgan -- Xenophon Of Ephesus / J. Morgan -- Longus / J.r. Morgan -- Heliodorus / J.r. Morgan -- Time In Ancient Greek Literature / I.j.f. De Jong & R. Nunlist. Edited By Irene J.f. De Jong, Rene Nunlist. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [523]-538) And Index. Homer / I.J.F. de Jong -- Hesiod / R. Nünlist -- The homeric hymns / R. Nünlist -- Apollonius of Rhodes / J.J.H. Klooster -- Callimachus / M.A. Harder -- Theocritus / J.J.H. Klooster -- Herodotus / T. Rood -- Thucydides / T. Rood -- Xenophon / T. Rood -- Polybius / T. Rood -- Arrian / T. Hidber -- Herodian / T. Hidber -- Josephus / J.W. van Henten & L. Huitink -- Pindar and Bacchylides / R. Nünlist -- Aeschylus / J. Barrett -- Sophocles / I.J.F. de Jong -- Euripides / M.A. Lloyd -- Aristophanes / A.M. Bowie -- Antiphon / M.J. Edwards -- Lysias / M.J. Edwards -- Demosthenes / M.J. Edwards -- Plato / K.A. Morgan -- Xenophon / K.A. Morgan -- Xenophon / M. Beck -- Plutarch / M. Beck -- Philostratus / T.J.G. Whitmarsh -- Chariton / J.R. Morgan -- Xenophon of Ephesus / J. Morgan -- Longus / J.R. Morgan -- Heliodorus / J.R. Morgan -- Time in ancient Greek literature / I.J.F. de Jong & R. Nünlist This is the second volume 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, and space. 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 present volume deals with time: changes in the order of events (analepsis versus prolepsis), the speed of narration (events may be recounted scenically or in the form of a summary), and frequency (events may be recounted once, repeatedly, or not at all). Provides a narratological history of Ancient Greek lietrature. This second volume deals with aspects of time: the order in which events are narrated, the amount of time devoted to the naration, and the number of times they are presented. It deals with time: changes in the order of events; the speed of narration; and frequency