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HymnicNarrativeandtheNarratologyofGreekHymns Mnemosyne Supplements monographs on greek and latin language and literature ExecutiveEditor G.J.Boter(vuUniversityAmsterdam) EditorialBoard A.Chaniotis(OxfordUniversity) K.M.Coleman(HarvardUniversity) I.J.F.deJong(UniversityofAmsterdam) T.Reinhardt(OxfordUniversity) AdvisoryBoard K.A.Algra–R.J.Allan–M.A.Harder–S.Harrison C.H.M.Kroon–A.P.M.H.Lardinois–I.Sluiter–F.M.J.Waanders volume384 Thetitlespublishedinthisseriesarelistedatbrill.com/mns Hymnic Narrative and the Narratology of Greek Hymns Editedby AndrewFaulkner OwenHodkinson leiden | boston LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData HymnicnarrativeandthenarratologyofGreekhymns/EditedbyAndrewFaulkner,OwenHodkinson. pagescm.–(Mnemosynesupplements:monographsonGreekandLatinlanguageandliterature; volume384) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-90-04-28813-3(hardback:alk.paper)–ISBN978-90-04-28951-2(e-book)1.Hymns,Greek (Classical)–Historyandcriticism.2.Homerichymns–Historyandcriticism.3.Narration(Rhetoric)I. Faulkner,Andrew,1978-editor.II.Hodkinson,Owen,1979-editor. PA3623.H96H962015 883'.0109–dc23 2015014704 Thispublicationhasbeentypesetinthemultilingual“Brill”typeface.Withover5,100characterscovering Latin,ipa,Greek,andCyrillic,thistypefaceisespeciallysuitableforuseinthehumanities.Formore information,pleaseseewww.brill.com/brill-typeface. issn0169-8958 isbn978-90-04-28813-3(hardback) isbn978-90-04-28951-2(e-book) Copyright2015byKoninklijkeBrillnv,Leiden,TheNetherlands. KoninklijkeBrillnvincorporatestheimprintsBrill,BrillHes&DeGraaf,BrillNijhoff,BrillRodopiand HoteiPublishing. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,translated,storedinaretrievalsystem, ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise, withoutpriorwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher. 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Contents Acknowledgements vii Glossary viii Introduction 1 A.FaulknerandO.Hodkinson part 1 TheHomericHymns 1 ConstructingaHymnicNarrative:TraditionandInnovationinthe LongerHomericHymns 19 N.Richardson 2 TheSilenceofZeus:SpeechintheHomericHymns 31 A.Faulkner part 2 HellenisticHymns 3 CallimachusandHisNarrators 49 S.A.Stephens 4 NarrativeStrategiesandHesiodicReceptioninCallimachus’Λουτρὰ Παλλάδος 69 A.Vergados 5 TimeandPlace,NarrativeandSpeechinPhilicus,Philodamus,and Limenius 87 E.L.Bowie vi contents part 3 ImperialGreekHymns 6 NarrativeinaLateHymntoDionysos(P.Ross.Georg.i.11) 121 W.D.Furley 7 NarrativeTechniqueandGenericHybridityinAeliusAristides’Prose Hymns 139 O.Hodkinson 8 MakingtheHymn:MesomedeanNarrativeandtheInterpretationof aGenre 165 M.Brumbaugh 9 APhilosopherandHisMuse:TheNarrativeofProclus’Hymns 183 N.Devlin part 4 OrphicHymnsand“MagicalHymns” 10 TheNarrativeTechniquesoftheOrphicHymns 209 A-F.Morand 11 ThePoetandHisAddresseesinOrphicHymns 224 M.HerrerodeJáuregui 12 HymnsinthePapyriGraecaeMagicae 244 I.Petrovic Bibliography 269 IndexofAncientPassages 290 GeneralIndex 295 Acknowledgements Theeditorswouldliketoacknowledgetheinvaluableassistanceatallstages of the publication process of the team at Brill, especially Maaike Langerak, TesselJonquièreandCarolinevanErp;thethoroughandconstructivesugges- tions of the anonymous reader, which substantially improved the book; and Andrea Barrales-Hall for formatting and checking the typescript in its final stagesbeforesubmission.Aboveall,wewouldliketothankallourexcellent contributors for their work and for their patience and willingness to make changesatseveralstages,sometimesatshortnotice. Many of the contributions to the volume were given as papers at a very fruitfulandconvivialkyknosconferenceheldinWalesinMay2009;thepartic- ipantsattheconferenceallprovidedstimulatingdicussionsonthefirstdrafts ofthesechapters.kyknos(theSwanseaandLampeterCentreforResearchon theNarrativeLiteraturesoftheAncientWorld)wasthegenerousintellectual hostoftheconference,whiletheformerUniversityofWalesLampeterprovided materialhospitality;thanksarealsoowedtotheClassicalAssociation,which fundedbursariestoenablepostgraduatestudentstoattendtheconference.We should also like to thank colleagues at Lampeter for help during the organi- sationandtheoccasionoftheconference;andPavlinaSaoulidouandOliver Thomasforreadingandcommentingonearlierversionsofthebookproposal. Glossary compression:(called“summary”inthe Wemaydistinguishbetweenexternal glossaryofsagn)aformofrhythm andinternal,primaryandsecondary wherebythestory-timeisshorterthan (tertiaryetc.),andovertandcovert thefabula-time. narratees.Comparenarrator. durativenarration:aspecialclassof narrator:thepersonwhorecountsthe iterativenarrationinwhichthe eventsofthestoryandthusturns repeatedeventisdescribedasbeing themintoatext.Wemaydistinguish repeatedindefinitely,suchasthe betweenexternalnarrators(who characteristicactivityofagod. arenotcharactersinthestorythey du-Stil:hymnsaddresseddirectlytogods tell)andinternalnarrators(who inthesecondperson,invokingthe are),primarynarrators(whotellthe godsandaskingfortheirintervention, mainstory)andsecondary(tertiary aresaidtobeinthedu-Stil,as etc.)narrators(whotellembedded opposedtotheer-Stil.Thisisoften narratives),overtnarrators(whorefer associatedwithculthymns. tothemselvesandtheirnarrating er-Stil:hymnspraisingthegodsinthe activity,tellusaboutthemselves,and thirdpersonaresaidtobeinthe openlycommentupontheirstory) er-Stil,asopposedtothedu-Stil. andcovertnarrators.Aspecialtype fabula:alleventswhicharerecountedin ofovertnarratorsareself-conscious thestory,abstractedfromtheirdispo- narrators,whoareawarethatthey sitioninthetextandreconstructedin arenarratingandreflectontheir theirchronologicalorder;whereellip- roleasnarrator.Allnarratorsarealso sisoccurs(seerhythm),thefabula focalizers. canincludealsoeventsbeyondthose priornarration:thenarrationofevents recountedinthestory. whichstillhavetotakeplaceatthe focalizer:theperson(thenarratorora momentofnarration. character)throughwhose“eyes”the repetitivenarration:whenoneeventis eventsandpersonsofanarrativeare toldmorethanonce. “seen.” rhythm:therelationbetweenstory-time frequency:therelationbetweenthe andfabula-time,whichisusually numberoftimesaneventhappens measuredine.g.theamountoftext andthenumberoftimesitisnarrated: perhouroffabula.Aneventmaybe thismaybesingulative,repetitive, toldasascene(story-time=fabula- iterative,ordurative. time),summary(compressionof iterativenarration:whenrepeated narration)(story-time<fabula-time), eventsaretoldonlyonce. slow-down(story-time>fabula- narratees:theaddresseesofthenarrator. time),orellipsis,i.e.,nottoldatall glossary ix (nostory-timeisdevotedtoasegment embeddednarratives.Incomparison offabula-time).Finallytheremay tothefabula,theeventsinthestory beapause,whentheactionissus- maydifferinfrequency(theymaybe pendedtomakeroomforanextended toldmorethanonce),rhythm(they description(nofabula-timeisdevoted maybetoldatgreatlengthorquickly), toasegmentofstory-time). andorder(thechronologicalorder simultaneousnarration:thenarrationof maybechanged). eventswhicharetakingplaceatthe subsequentnarration:thenarrationof momentofnarration. eventswhichhavealreadytakenplace singulativenarration:aneventthat atthetimeofnarration. happensonceistoldonce. summary:seecompression. story:theeventsasdisposedandordered text:theverbalrepresentationof inthetext(contrast:fabula).The thestory(andhencefabula)bya storyconsistsofthemainstoryand narrator.