Speech, Narrative, and Authority in Herodotus’ <i>Histories</i>: The Language of Classical Literature, cartea 41
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789004749535
ISBN-10: 9004749535
Pagini: 460
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria The Language of Classical Literature
ISBN-10: 9004749535
Pagini: 460
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria The Language of Classical Literature
Notă biografică
Mathieu de Bakker, Ph.D. (2007), University of Amsterdam, is university lecturer at the ancient studies department of the University of Amsterdam, where he teaches courses on ancient Greek. He has published on the Greek historians and orators, co-edited several volumes on ancient Greek literature, and is co-author of The Cambridge Grammar of Classical Greek (2019).
Cuprins
Preface and acknowledgements
List of Tables and Figures
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Herodotus’ polyphony
2 Speech presentation and narratology
3 Speeches and speech modes: direct discourse, indirect discourse, records of speech acts
4 Referential and presentational approaches in the study of Herodotus’ Histories
5 Looking back and forward
Introduction to Part 1
1 Herodotus’ speeches: innovation and the authority of the historian
1 Introduction: speeches as great and astonishing events
2 Character-speeches and informant-speeches
3 Innovation in speech presentation: Herodotus and Homer
4 Authority and Herodotus’ audience
5 How Herodotus’ speeches have been studied
6 Conclusion
2 On the path to authority: informant-speeches and character-speeches
1 Introduction: authority and speech types
2 The grammatical format of Herodotus’ informant-speeches
3 Herodotus’ use of informant-speeches
4 Herodotus’ Egypt book and the narrative of his research
5 Herodotus on Proteus and Helen’s whereabouts during the Trojan War
6 Character-speeches and authority
7 Advisor-speeches
8 Paradigm narrative speeches
9 Conclusion
Introduction to Part 2
3 Character-speeches: style, format, and distribution
1 Introduction: speeches and speech sections
2 Attributive discourse
3 Direct Discourse (DD)
4 Indirect Discourse (ID)
5 Records of Speech Acts (RSA’s)
6 Narrative economy, mixed speeches, and partitioned speeches
7 Anaphoric speeches and focalization
8 Distribution of speeches and alternation of speech modes
9 Character-speeches within informant-speeches
10 Speech, power, and the voiced mostly heard
11 Collective speeches and ethnicity
12 Special types of speech: iterative, habitual, and imaginary speeches
13 Structural and stylistic features of Herodotus’ speeches in DD
14 Conclusion
4 Speech, distance, and Herodotus’ intermediaries
1 Introduction: instruction and delivery speeches
2 The presentation of speeches delivered over distance
3 Distance at the Persian court
4 Intermediaries in specific situations: letters, inscriptions, oracles, and interpreters
5 Conclusion
Introduction to Part 3
5 Speeches in perspective: Croesus as king and advisor in the Histories
1 Introduction: apparent inconsistencies in the Croesus episode
2 Greek sages meet Croesus: Bias/Pittacus and Solon
3 Croesus’ dream
4 Croesus and the Greek oracles
5 Sandanis’ advice
6 Croesus on and off the pyre
7 Croesus as advisor to Cyrus
8 The fall of the last Mermnad and the end of the Lydian Empire
9 Conclusion
6 Speeches and manipulation
1 Introduction: when speakers are on equal footing
2 Darius’ rise to the Persian throne
3 Alexander of Macedonia
4 Themistocles at Salamis
5 Herodotus’ valuation of ‘equal right to speak’ (ἰσηγορίη)
6 Conclusion
7 Speeches of the Ionian Revolt
1 Introduction: speeches in a complex narrative
2 The beginning of the Ionian Revolt narrative
3 The distribution of speeches in the narrative of the Ionian Revolt
4 Darius lures Histiaeus away from Myrcinus
5 Speech, manipulation, and topography in the Ionian Revolt
6 The events in Cyprus and the failure of the Ionian Revolt
7 Conclusion
8 Speeches at Xerxes’ court: the decision to campaign against Greece
1 Introduction: a debate without parallels
2 Xerxes’ disputed accession
3 Xerxes’ court: nobles, lobbyists, and relatives
4 Revenge and expansion
5 Mardonius on Greek warfare
6 The intervention of the dream
7 Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendix 1: Overview of character-speeches
Appendix 2: Overview of informant-speeches
Glossary
Literature
Index Locorum
General Index
List of Tables and Figures
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Herodotus’ polyphony
2 Speech presentation and narratology
3 Speeches and speech modes: direct discourse, indirect discourse, records of speech acts
4 Referential and presentational approaches in the study of Herodotus’ Histories
5 Looking back and forward
Part 1 Speech and authority: speeches of characters and informants
Introduction to Part 1
1 Herodotus’ speeches: innovation and the authority of the historian
1 Introduction: speeches as great and astonishing events
2 Character-speeches and informant-speeches
3 Innovation in speech presentation: Herodotus and Homer
4 Authority and Herodotus’ audience
5 How Herodotus’ speeches have been studied
6 Conclusion
2 On the path to authority: informant-speeches and character-speeches
1 Introduction: authority and speech types
2 The grammatical format of Herodotus’ informant-speeches
3 Herodotus’ use of informant-speeches
4 Herodotus’ Egypt book and the narrative of his research
5 Herodotus on Proteus and Helen’s whereabouts during the Trojan War
6 Character-speeches and authority
7 Advisor-speeches
8 Paradigm narrative speeches
9 Conclusion
Part 2 Herodotus’ character-speeches
Introduction to Part 2
3 Character-speeches: style, format, and distribution
1 Introduction: speeches and speech sections
2 Attributive discourse
3 Direct Discourse (DD)
4 Indirect Discourse (ID)
5 Records of Speech Acts (RSA’s)
6 Narrative economy, mixed speeches, and partitioned speeches
7 Anaphoric speeches and focalization
8 Distribution of speeches and alternation of speech modes
9 Character-speeches within informant-speeches
10 Speech, power, and the voiced mostly heard
11 Collective speeches and ethnicity
12 Special types of speech: iterative, habitual, and imaginary speeches
13 Structural and stylistic features of Herodotus’ speeches in DD
14 Conclusion
4 Speech, distance, and Herodotus’ intermediaries
1 Introduction: instruction and delivery speeches
2 The presentation of speeches delivered over distance
3 Distance at the Persian court
4 Intermediaries in specific situations: letters, inscriptions, oracles, and interpreters
5 Conclusion
Part 3 Speech, narrative, and the explanation of history
Introduction to Part 3
5 Speeches in perspective: Croesus as king and advisor in the Histories
1 Introduction: apparent inconsistencies in the Croesus episode
2 Greek sages meet Croesus: Bias/Pittacus and Solon
3 Croesus’ dream
4 Croesus and the Greek oracles
5 Sandanis’ advice
6 Croesus on and off the pyre
7 Croesus as advisor to Cyrus
8 The fall of the last Mermnad and the end of the Lydian Empire
9 Conclusion
6 Speeches and manipulation
1 Introduction: when speakers are on equal footing
2 Darius’ rise to the Persian throne
3 Alexander of Macedonia
4 Themistocles at Salamis
5 Herodotus’ valuation of ‘equal right to speak’ (ἰσηγορίη)
6 Conclusion
7 Speeches of the Ionian Revolt
1 Introduction: speeches in a complex narrative
2 The beginning of the Ionian Revolt narrative
3 The distribution of speeches in the narrative of the Ionian Revolt
4 Darius lures Histiaeus away from Myrcinus
5 Speech, manipulation, and topography in the Ionian Revolt
6 The events in Cyprus and the failure of the Ionian Revolt
7 Conclusion
8 Speeches at Xerxes’ court: the decision to campaign against Greece
1 Introduction: a debate without parallels
2 Xerxes’ disputed accession
3 Xerxes’ court: nobles, lobbyists, and relatives
4 Revenge and expansion
5 Mardonius on Greek warfare
6 The intervention of the dream
7 Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendix 1: Overview of character-speeches
Appendix 2: Overview of informant-speeches
Glossary
Literature
Index Locorum
General Index