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Recently the importance for Herodotus' work of contemporary medical
and sophistic thought and techniques of argument has been widely
recognised, as long had been his dependence on and difference from
earlier geographical and ethnographic writing. This volume focuses
on the place of these interests in his investigatory techniques and
sets them alongside his many narrative skills, from superficially
traditonal battle narrative and reworking of Greek or non-Greek
traditions that border on myth to the structuring of narrative by
highlighting the life of objects, and addresses such fundamental
issues as how he chooses between competing explanations and how far
he valued truth. The book tackles many of the basic issues that
confront any attempt to understand Herodotus' work.
In this book one of the world's leading Hellenists brings together
his many contributions over four decades to our understanding of
major genres of Greek literature, above all the Greek novel, but
also Attic Comedy, fifth-century historiography, and Hellenistic
and Imperial Greek poetry. Many are already essential reading, such
as the chapter on the figure of Lycidas in Theocritus' Idyll 7, or
two chapters on the ancient readership of Greek novels. Discussions
of Imperial Greek poetry published three decades ago opened up a
world almost entirely neglected by scholars. Several chapters
address literary and linguistic issues in Longus' novel Daphnis and
Chloe, complementing the author's commentary published in 2019; two
contribute to a better understanding of the enigmatic Aethiopica of
Heliodorus; and many explore important questions arising from
examination of the form of the Greek novel as a whole. This is the
second of a planned three-volume collection.
In this book one of the world's leading Hellenists brings together
his many contributions over four decades to our understanding of
early Greek literature, above all of elegiac poetry and its
relation to fifth-century prose historiography, but also of early
Greek epic, iambic, melic and epigrammatic poetry. Many chapters
have become seminal, e.g. that which first proposed the importance
of now-lost long narrative elegies, and others exploring their
performance contexts when papyri published in 1992 and 2005 yielded
fragments of such long poems by Simonides and Archilochus. Another
chapter argues against the widespread view that Sappho composed and
performed chiefly for audiences of young girls, suggesting instead
that she was a virtuoso singer and lyre-player, entertaining men in
the elite symposia whose verbal and musical components are explored
in several other chapters of the book. Two more volumes of
collected papers will follow devoted to later Greek literature and
culture.
This is the first volume of collected papers to be devoted to the
work of Philostratus, the great essayist, biographer and historian
of Greek culture in the Roman world, and the most scintillating
writer of Greek prose in the third century AD. The papers cover his
remarkable range, from hagiographic fiction to historical dialogue,
from pictorial description to love letters, and from prescriptions
for gymnastics to the lives of the Sophists. The quality of his
writing and the concerns within his purview - religion, aesthetics,
athletics and education - make Philostratus's writings among the
most important documents for understanding Greek culture in the
Roman world, and guide us in exploring the maturity of Hellenic
cultural identity in the context of the rise of Christianity. Few
studies have been devoted to this neglected figure, and this
collection will therefore be of great value to scholars and
students of imperial Greek literature and art.
Longus' Daphnis and Chloe is arguably our finest surviving Greek
novel. Written under the Roman Empire and engaging with romantic,
pastoral and rhetorical themes, the story and characterisation have
captured the imaginations of artists over the centuries. Despite a
growing interest in ancient novels over the past half-century, this
is the first full commentary to address Longus' linguistic texture
and its implications for his literary aspirations, as well as his
narrative skills and intertextuality with earlier Greek writers.
The commentary provides a detailed analysis of Longus' Greek and
its relation to other Greek prose and poetry of the second century
AD and earlier, and emphasises the construction and style of the
original text, drawing out key points for clarification and
discussion. A wide-ranging introduction ensures that this book will
be an indispensable guide for teachers and students of all levels
who are looking to engage with Longus' writing.
This is the first volume of collected papers to be devoted to the
work of Philostratus, the great essayist, biographer and historian
of Greek culture in the Roman world, and the most scintillating
writer of Greek prose in the third century AD. The papers cover his
remarkable range, from hagiographic fiction to historical dialogue,
from pictorial description to love letters, and from prescriptions
for gymnastics to the lives of the Sophists. The quality of his
writing and the concerns within his purview - religion, aesthetics,
athletics and education - make Philostratus's writings among the
most important documents for understanding Greek culture in the
Roman world, and guide us in exploring the maturity of Hellenic
cultural identity in the context of the rise of Christianity. Few
studies have been devoted to this neglected figure, and this
collection will therefore be of great value to scholars and
students of imperial Greek literature and art.
Longus' Daphnis and Chloe is arguably our finest surviving Greek
novel. Written under the Roman Empire and engaging with romantic,
pastoral and rhetorical themes, the story and characterisation have
captured the imaginations of artists over the centuries. Despite a
growing interest in ancient novels over the past half-century, this
is the first full commentary to address Longus' linguistic texture
and its implications for his literary aspirations, as well as his
narrative skills and intertextuality with earlier Greek writers.
The commentary provides a detailed analysis of Longus' Greek and
its relation to other Greek prose and poetry of the second century
AD and earlier, and emphasises the construction and style of the
original text, drawing out key points for clarification and
discussion. A wide-ranging introduction ensures that this book will
be an indispensable guide for teachers and students of all levels
who are looking to engage with Longus' writing.
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