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Space in Ancient Greek Literature Mnemosyne Supplements Monographs on Greek and Latin Language and Literature EditorialBoard G.J. Boter A. Chaniotis K.M. Coleman I.J.F. de Jong T. Reinhardt VOLUME339 Thetitlespublishedinthisseriesarelistedatbrill.nl/mns Space in Ancient Greek Literature Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative Editedby Irene J.F. de Jong LEIDEN•BOSTON 2012 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData SpaceinancientGreekliterature:studiesinancientGreeknarrative/editedbyIreneJ.F.de Jong. pages.cm.–(Mnemosynesupplements;volume339) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-90-04-22257-1(hardback:alkalinepaper)1.Greekliterature–Historyand criticism.2.Spaceandtimeinliterature.I.Jong,IreneJ.F.de.II.Series:Mnemosyne, bibliothecaclassicaBatava.Supplementum;339. PA3015.S72S662012 880.9'384–dc23 2011047474 ISSN0169-8958 ISBN9789004222571(hardback) ISBN9789004224384(e-book) Copyright2012byKoninklijkeBrillNV,Leiden,TheNetherlands. KoninklijkeBrillNVincorporatestheimprintsBrill,GlobalOriental,HoteiPublishing, IDCPublishers,MartinusNijhoffPublishersandVSP. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,translated,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutpriorwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher. AuthorizationtophotocopyitemsforinternalorpersonaluseisgrantedbyKoninklijkeBrillNV providedthattheappropriatefeesarepaiddirectlytoTheCopyrightClearanceCenter, 222RosewoodDrive,Suite910,Danvers,MA01923,USA. Feesaresubjecttochange. Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper. CONTENTS Preface ................................................................. ix Glossary................................................................ xi Introduction.NarratologicalTheoryonSpace ....................... 1 I.J.F.deJong PARTONE EPICANDELEGIACPOETRY . Homer ............................................................. 21 I.J.F.deJong . TheHomericHymns.............................................. 39 I.J.F.deJong . ApolloniusofRhodes ............................................. 55 J.J.H.Klooster . Callimachus ....................................................... 77 M.A.Harder . Theocritus ......................................................... 99 J.J.H.Klooster PARTTWO HISTORIOGRAPHY . Herodotus ......................................................... 121 T.Rood . Thucydides......................................................... 141 T.Rood . Xenophon.......................................................... 161 T.Rood . Polybius............................................................ 179 T.Rood vi contents . Josephus ........................................................... 199 L.HuitinkandJ.W.vanHenten . Appian ............................................................. 219 L.V.Pitcher . Pausanias .......................................................... 235 J.Akujärvi . CassiusDio ........................................................ 257 L.V.Pitcher . Herodian........................................................... 269 L.V.Pitcher PARTTHREE CHORALLYRIC . PindarandBacchylides ........................................... 285 B.G.F.Currie PARTFOUR DRAMA . Aeschylus .......................................................... 307 R.Rehm . Sophocles .......................................................... 325 R.Rehm . Euripides........................................................... 341 M.Lloyd . Aristophanes....................................................... 359 A.M.Bowie PARTFIVE ORATORY . Lysias............................................................... 377 M.P.deBakker contents vii . Demosthenes ...................................................... 393 M.P.deBakker PARTSIX PHILOSOPHY . Plato................................................................ 415 K.A.Morgan PARTSEVEN BIOGRAPHY . Plutarch............................................................ 441 M.Beck . Philostratus........................................................ 463 T.J.G.Whitmarsh PARTEIGHT THENOVEL . Chariton ........................................................... 483 K.deTemmerman . XenophonofEphesus ............................................. 503 K.deTemmerman . AchillesTatius ..................................................... 517 K.deTemmerman . Longus ............................................................. 537 J.R.Morgan . Heliodorus......................................................... 557 J.R.Morgan Bibliography ........................................................... 579 Index ................................................................... 607 PREFACE This is the third volume of Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative (SAGN), aserieswhich,aswassetoutintheGeneralIntroductiontovolume, aimsatinvestigating‘theformsandfunctionsofthemaindeviceswhich narratology has defined for us, such as the narrator and his narratees, time,focalization,characterization,description,speech,andplot’.Earlier volumesdealtwith‘narrators,narratees,andnarratives’and‘time’. Contributorsaregivenathreefoldbrief:toseewhichoftheaspectsof thedeviceunderconsideration(setoutintheIntroduction)arefoundin hisorherauthor;todescribehowthisauthorhandlesthoseaspects;and torelatehishandlingtothatofearlierandlaterauthors. Aftereditingthreevolumesithasbecomecleartomethatasregards thethirdaimoftheseries,tracingthehistoricaldevelopmentofadevice, I have perhaps been too optimistic. For most contributors narratology is something new and their energy is spent largely on mastering it for theirownauthor,leavingthemlittletimetoreflectonthediachronical perspective.Readersareatleastinformedabouttheexistence(anddis- cussion)ofasimilardeviceinanotherauthor(chapter)throughanarrow ( ),butIamfullyawarethatthisisonlyscratchingthesurfaceofamuch → largertopic,worthtobeexploredsomedayatamoreelaboratescale. IamhappythatliketheprevioustwotimesIhavebeenabletocover most of the narrative texts of ancient Greek literature, finding enough peoplewillingtojoinmeinthispioneeringprojectoflookingatancient textsfromanewperspective.Theteamwasbyandlargethesameasthat ofvolumesand,withsomewelcomereinforcements. Once again, this volume was prepared for in a workshop, held in Amsterdam on September –, . I wish to thank the Netherlands OrganizationforScientificResearch(NWO)andtheInstituteofCulture and History (ICG) of the University of Amsterdam for their financial support. Thepreparationofthemanuscriptforpublicationwasinthe—highly efficient and careful—hands of the copy-editor of Mnemosyne, Wim Remmelink. IdJ.

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This is the third volume in the series Studies in Ancient Greek narrative. It deals with the narratological category of space: how is space, including objects which function as 'props', presented in Greek narrative texts and what are its functions (thematic, symbolic, psychologising, or characterisi
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