Characterization In Ancient Greek Literature: Studies In Ancient Greek Narrative

Characterization in Ancient Greek Literature Mnemosyne Supplements monographs on greek and latin language and literature Executive Editor C. Pieper (Leiden University) Editorial Board A. Chaniotis (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) K.M. Coleman (Harvard University) I.J.F. de Jong (University of Amsterdam) T. Reinhardt (Oxford University) volume 411 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/mns Characterization in Ancient Greek Literature Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative, Volume 4 Edited by Koen De Temmerman Evert van Emde Boas leiden | boston The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available online at http://catalog.loc.gov lc record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2017037814 Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface. issn 0169-8958 isbn 978-90-04-35630-6 (hardback) isbn 978-90-04-35631-3 (e-book) Copyright 2018 by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill nv incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi, Brill Sense and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill nv provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, ma 01923, usa. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner. Contents Preface ix Note on Citation and Abbreviations Glossary xii xi Character and Characterization in Ancient Greek Literature: An Introduction 1 Koen De Temmerman and Evert van Emde Boas part 1 Epic and Elegiac Poetry 1 Homer 27 Irene de Jong 2 Hesiod 46 Hugo Koning 3 The Homeric Hymns Irene de Jong 4 Apollonius of Rhodes 80 Jacqueline Klooster 5 Callimachus 100 Annette Harder 6 Theocritus 116 Jacqueline Klooster part 2 Historiography 7 Herodotus 135 Mathieu de Bakker 64 vi contents 8 Thucydides 153 Tim Rood 9 Xenophon 172 Tim Rood 10 Polybius 191 Luke Pitcher 11 Appian 207 Luke Pitcher 12 Cassius Dio 221 Luke Pitcher 13 Herodian 236 Luke Pitcher 14 Josephus 251 Jan Willem van Henten and Luuk Huitink 15 Pausanias 271 Maria Pretzler part 3 Choral Lyric 16 Pindar and Bacchylides Bruno Currie part 4 Drama 17 Aeschylus 317 Evert van Emde Boas 18 Sophocles 337 Michael Lloyd 293 vii contents 19 Euripides 355 Evert van Emde Boas 20 Aristophanes 375 Angus Bowie 21 Menander 391 Peter Brown part 5 Oratory 22 Lysias 409 Mathieu de Bakker 23 Aeschines and Demosthenes Nancy Worman part 6 Philosophy 24 Plato 445 Kathryn Morgan part 7 Biography 25 Xenophon 467 Luuk Huitink 26 Plutarch 486 Judith Mossman