Speech in Ancient Greek Literature

Irene J.F. de Jong is Professor of Ancient Greek at the University of Amsterdam. She has published on Homer, Euripides, Herodotus and other Greek narrative texts. Recent publications include A Narratological Commentary on the Odyssey (CUP 2001), Homer Iliad Book XXII (CUP 2012), and Narratology and Classics. A Practical Guide (OUP 2014).Mathieu P. de Bakker is University Lecturer of Ancient Greek at the University of Amsterdam. He has published articles on Greek historiography, oratory and epigraphy, and is co-author of the Cambridge Grammar of Classical Greek.Contributors are Mathieu P. de Bakker, Silvio Bär, Bruno Currie, Kristoffel Demoen, Michal Beth Dinkler, Evert van Emde Boas, Annette Harder, Jan Willem van Henten, Irene J.F. de Jong, Luuk Huitink, Jacqueline Klooster, Hugo Koning, John Morgan, Judith Mossman, Luke V. Pitcher, Tim Rood, Aldo Tagliabue, Koen de Temmerman, Berenice Verhelst.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Narratological Theory on SpeechMathieu de Bakker and Irene de JongPart 1 Epic and Elegiac Poetry1 HomerIrene de Jong2 HesiodHugo Koning3 The Homeric HymnsIrene de Jong4 Apollonius of RhodesJacqueline Klooster5 CallimachusAnnette Harder6 TheocritusJacqueline Klooster7 Quintus of SmyrnaSilvio Bär8 NonnusBerenice VerhelstPart 2 Historiography9 HerodotusMathieu de Bakker10 ThucydidesTim Rood11 XenophonLuuk Huitink and Tim Rood12 PolybiusLuuk Pitcher13 AppianLuuk Pitcher14 Cassius DioLuuk Pitcher15 HerodianLuuk Pitcher16 JosephusJan Willem van Henten and Luuk HuitinkPart 3 Choral Lyric17 Pindar and BacchylidesBruno CurriePart 4 Drama18 AeschylusEvert van Emde Boas19 SophoclesEvert van Emde Boas20 EuripidesEvert van Emde BoasPart 5 Oratory21 Early OratorsLuuk Huitink22 Later OratorsMathieu de BakkerPart 6 Philosophy23 PlatoKathryn MorganPart 7 Biography24 PlutarchJudith Mossman25 PhilostratusKristoffel DemoenPart 8 Christian Narrative26 GospelsMichal Beth DinklerPart 9 The Novel27 CharitonKoen de Temmerman28 Xenophon of EphesusAldo Tagliabue29 Achilles TatiusKoen de Temmerman30 LongusJohn Morgan31 HeliodorusJohn MorganEpilogue: Speech in Ancient Greek NarrativeMathieu de Bakker and Irene de JongGlossaryIndex