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Hellenic Studies Series 68

Literary History in the Parian Marble

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$22.50 • £19.95 • €20.95

ISBN 9780674417236

Publication Date: 07/11/2016

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250 pages

6 x 9 inches

6 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 9 graphs, 1 table

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  • List of Plates
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • The Parian Marble
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Discovery of the Parian Marble
    • 3. Scholarship on the Parian Marble
    • 4. The Chronographic System of the Parian Marble
    • 5. The Location of the Parian Marble
  • Text and Translation
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Greek Text
    • 3. English Translation
  • The Genre of the Parian Marble
    • 1. The Chronicle as a Literary Genre
    • 2. Miniature Parallels: The Roman Chronicle and the Getty Table
  • The Parian Marble as a Literary Text
    • 1. The Language and Style of the Parian Marble
    • 2. The Contents of the Parian Marble
    • 3. Narrative and Characters
    • 4. Mapping Space in the Parian Marble
    • 5. Conclusions
  • Time in the Parian Marble
    • 1. Perceptions of Time
    • 2. Proto-history in the Parian Marble
    • 3. Patterns of Time
  • Literary History in the Parian Marble
    • 1. The Parian Marble as Literary History
    • 2. Four Trends in Literary History
    • 3. Literary History in the Parian Marble
  • Final Words
  • Appendix
  • Plates
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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