Speech in ancient Greek literature / / edited by Mathieu P. de Bakker, Irene J.F. de Jong.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, Supplements ; 448
• TeilnehmendeR: Jong, Irene J. F. de,; Bakker, Mathieu de,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in ancient Greek narrative ; v. 5.; Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 448.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (762 pages)
• Other title: Introduction : narratological theory on speech /; Homer /; Hesiod /; The Homeric Hymns /; Apollonius of Rhodes /; Callimachus /; Theocritus /; Quintus of Smyrna /; Nonnus /; Herodotus /; Thucydides /; Xenophon /; Polybius /; Appian /; Cassius Dio /; Herodian /; Josephus /; Pindar and Bacchylides /; Aeschylus /; Sophocles /; Euripides /; Philostratus /; The Gospels /; Chariton /; Xenophon of Ephesus /; Achilles Tatius /; Longus /; Heliodorus /; Epilogue : speech in ancient Greek narrative /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004498818
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Mathieu P. de Bakker, Irene J.F. de Jong.

Speech in Ancient Greek Literature is the fifth volume in the series Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative. There is hardly any Greek narrative text without speech, which need not surprise in the literature of a culture which loved theatre and also invented the art of rhetoric. This book offers a full discussion of the types of speech, the modes of speech and their effective alternation, and the functions of speech from Homer to Heliodorus, including the Gospels. For the first time speech-introductions and 'speech in speech' are discussed across all genres. All chapters also pay attention to moments when characters do not speak.