Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative

Informationen zum Autor Alex Purves is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Klappentext Traces a shift in authorial perspective in ancient Greek narrative inspired by advances in cartography! travel! and geometry. Zusammenfassung In this wide-ranging survey of ancient Greek narrative from archaic epic to classical prose! Alex Purves traces a shift in authorial perspective! from a godlike overview to the more focused outlook of human beings caught up in a developing plot! inspired by advances in cartography! travel! and geometry. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the perfect surveyor; 1. The Eusynoptic Iliad: visualizing space and movement in the poem; 2. Paths and measures: epic space and the Odyssey; 3. The world in the hand: Anaximander, Pherecydes, and the invention of cartography; 4. Map and narrative: Herodotus' Histories; 5. Losing the way home: Xenophon's Anabasis; 6. Finding (things at) home: Xenophon's Oeconomicus.

Product details

• Authors: Alex C Purves, Alex C. Purves
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521190985
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19098-5
• No. of pages: 286
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval