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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.
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Time in Ancient Greek Literature
Mnemosyne Bibliotheca Classica Batava Editorial Board
G.J. Boter, A. Chaniotis, K. Coleman, I.J.F. de Jong, P.H. Schrijvers
VOLUME 291
Time in Ancient Greek Literature Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative, volume two
Edited by
Irene J.F. de Jong René Nünlist
LEIDEN • BOSTON 2007
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Introduction. Narratological theory on time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.J.F. de Jong
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part one. epic and elegiac poetry Chapter One. Homer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 I.J.F. de Jong Chapter Two. Hesiod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 R. Nünlist Chapter Three. The Homeric Hymns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 R. Nünlist Chapter Four. Apollonius of Rhodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 J.J.H Klooster Chapter Five. Callimachus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 M.A. Harder Chapter Six. Theocritus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 J.J.H. Klooster
part two. historiography Chapter Seven. Herodotus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 T. Rood Chapter Eight. Thucydides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 T. Rood Chapter Nine. Xenophon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 T. Rood
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Chapter Ten. Polybius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 T. Rood Chapter Eleven. Arrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 T. Hidber Chapter Twelve. Herodian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 T. Hidber Chapter Thirteen. Josephus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 J.W. van Henten & L. Huitink
part three. choral lyric Ch