Space in ancient Greek literature : studies in ancient Greek narrative / / edited by Irene J.F. de Jong.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne supplements ; v. 339
• TeilnehmendeR: Jong, Irene J. F. de.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 339.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (624 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction. Narratological Theory on Space /; Epic and Elegiac Poetry Homer /; The Homeric Hymns /; Apollonius of Rhodes /; Callimachus /; Theocritus /; Historiography Herodotus /; Thucydides /; Xenophon /; Polybius /; Josephus /; Appian /; Pausanias /; Cassius Dio /; Herodian /; Choral Lyric Pindar and Bacchylides /; Drama Aeschylus /; Sophocles /; Euripides /; Aristophanes /; Oratory Lysias /; Demosthenes /; Philosophy Plato /; Biography Plutarch /; Philostratus /; The Novel Chariton /; Xenophon of Ephesus /; Achilles Tatius /; Longus /; Heliodorus /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1280496150; 9786613591388; 9004224386
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Irene J.F. de Jong.

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 characterising)?How are longer descriptions organised and integrated into the story? Long deemed a mere ancilla narrationis, especially in narratives which precede the age of the realist novel, space turns out to play an important and multifaceted role in Greek literature.