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Direct Speech in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca

Narrative and rhetorical functions of the characters’ “varied” and “many-faceted” words

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Direct Speech in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca is the first more extensive study of the use and functions of direct speech in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca (5th century AD). Its long soliloquies and scarcity of dialogues have often been pointed out as striking characteristics of Nonnus’ epic style, but nonetheless this fascinating subject received relatively little attention. Berenice Verhelst aims to reveal the poem’s constant interplay between the epic tradition and the late antique literary context with its clear rhetorical stamp. She focusses on the changed functions of direct speech and their implications for the presentation of the mythological story. Organized around six case studies, this book presents an in-depth analysis of a representative part of the vast corpus of the Dionysiaca’s 305 speeches.The digital appendix to this book (Database of Direct Speech in Greek Epic Poetry) can be consulted online at www.dsgep.ugent.be.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-11-10
Mått155 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt656 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska, Klassisk grekiska
SerieMnemosyne, Supplements, Late Antique Literature
Antal sidor332
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004325890

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ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionVariation or Incoherence; Virtue or Vice?Direct Speech in the DionysiacaObjectives and Approachespart 1 - Epic Speech in Transformation1 Imitation and Transformation: From Troy to India and from Medea to Morrheus1.1 Speeches and Dialogues in the Διὸς ἀπάτη Episode1.2 A Speech for a Speech: Apollonius Inverted1.3 Nonnus and Quintus (or Libanius): Τίνας ἂν εἴποι λόγους;1.4 Speech Composition and Narrative Structures2 Types of Epic Speech: The Battle Exhortation2.1 Defining the Corpus: The Epic and the Historiographical Tradition2.2 Exhortations in Nonnus: Subtypes of the Battle Exhortation2.3 Exhortative Topoi and Recurring Motifs in Nonnus2.4 Selected Examples: Untraditional Exhortations in Nonnus2.5 Epic and Rhetorical Conventions3 Speeches within Speeches3.1 Potential τις-Speech in Nonnus: A Homeric Device Revived3.2 More Hypothetical Speeches3.3 Hypothetical Speech, a “Nonnian” Devicepart 2 - Rhetoric and Narrative4 The Rhetoric of Deception: Persuasive Strategies4.1 Deceptive Speeches4.2 Speaking in Disguise: ἦθος, πάθος and Authority4.3 Hera’s Deception of Semele: A Case Study4.4 True or False? As Long as It is Artful5 Ecphrastic Ethopoeae and the Perspective of the Text-Internal Observer5.1 Suddenly Appearing Characters and Their Speeches5.2 Looking through the Text-Internal Observer’s Eyes5.3 Comments from Above5.4 A Double Role6 Rhetoric of Seduction and Failure of Communication in the Beroe Episode6.1 Amatory Rhetoric: The Case of the παρθένοι φυγόδεμνοι6.2 Beirut and Beroe6.3 Dionysus and Poseidon Courting Beroe: A Series of Amorous Approaches6.4 Fruitless Metaphors and Arguments UnheardConclusionOne More Speech: Aura’s Last WordsΟὔ πω μῦθος ἔληγε: General Observations on Direct Speech in NonnusAppendix - Summary of the Dionysiaca BibliographyGeneral IndexIndex Locorum