Diachrony : : Diachronic Studies of Ancient Greek Literature and Culture / / ed. by José M. González.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2016 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Bierl, Anton,; Christensen, Joel,; González, José M.,; Hawkins, Tom,; Higbie, Carolyn,; Hubbard, Thomas K.,; Mendicino, Kristina,; Nagy, Gregory,; Rosen, Ralph M.,; Snodgrass, Anthony,
• HerausgeberIn: González, José M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: MythosEikonPoiesis , 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)

Not a few of the more prominent and persistent controversies among classical scholars about approaches and methods arise from a failure to appreciate the fundamental role of time in structuring the interpretation of Greek culture. Diachrony showcases the corresponding importance of diachronic models...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Table of Contents
• 1. Introduction
• Part I. Diachronic Aspects of Greek Literature
• 2. Diomedes’ Foot Wound and Homeric Reception of Myth
• 3. Diachronic Shifts between the Epic Past and Future at the Phaeacians
• 4. A Diachronic Metapoetics of Reception
• 5. The Professional Mourner and Singer of Spells
• 6. Aristophanic Satire and the Pretense of Synchrony
• 7. Diachrony and the Case of Aesop
• 8. Splitting the Inheritance of Spite
• Part II. Diachronic Aspects of Greek Culture
• 9. Cultural Change and the Greek Perception of It
• 10. Diachrony in Greek Agriculture
• 11. Diachronic Parameters of Athenian Pederasty
• Contributors
• Index Fontium