A Companion to Greek Literature

A Companion to Greek Literature presents a comprehensive introduction to the wide range of texts and literary forms produced in the Greek language over the course of a millennium beginning from the 6th century BCE up to the early years of the Byzantine Empire. Features contributions from a wide range of established experts and emerging scholars of Greek literature Offers comprehensive coverage of the many genres and literary forms produced by the ancient Greeks—including epic and lyric poetry, oratory, historiography, biography, philosophy, the novel, and technical literature Includes readings that address the production and transmission of ancient Greek texts, historic reception, individual authors, and much more Explores the subject of ancient Greek literature in innovative ways

Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations x Notes on Contributors xi Abbreviations xv Introduction: A Companion to Greek Literature 1 Martin Hose and David Schenker Part I Production and Transmission 7 1 Mechanics and Means of Production in Antiquity 9 Lucio Del Corso 2 A Wound, not a World: Textual Survival and Transmission 27 Richard H. Armstrong Part II Greek Literature as a Dynamic System 41 3 Orality and Literacy: Ancient Greek Literature as Oral Literature 43 Steve Reece 4 Literature in the Archaic Age 58 Timothy Power 5 Literature in the Classical Age of Greece 77 James McGlew 6 Literature in the Hellenistic World 89 Anatole Mori 7 Greek Literature in the Roman World: Introducing Imperial Greek Literature 112 Jason König 8 The Encounter with Christianity 126 Jan Stenger Part III Genres 139 9 Greek Epic 141 Hanna M. Roisman 10 Lyric: Melic, Iambic, Elegiac 155 James Bradley Wells 11 The Ethics of Greek Drama 175 Richard Rader 12 Epigram and Minor Genres 190 Regina Höschele 13 Oratory: Practice and Theory 205 Mike Edwards 14 Historiography and Biography 217 Antonis Tsakmakis 15 Philosophical Writing: Treatise, Dialogue, Diatribe, Epistle 235 Martin Hose 16 The Novel 256 Stefan Tilg 17 Technical Literature 266 Thorsten Fögen Part IV The Players 281 18 The Creators of Literature 283 Mary Lefkowitz 19 Users of Literature 296 René Nünlist 20 Sponsors and Enemies of Literature 310 David Schenker Part V The Places 323 21 Places of Production 325 Martin Hose 22 Places of Presentation 344 Manuel Baumbach 23 Topos and Topoi 353 Suzanne Saïd Part VI Literature and Knowledge 371 24 Literature and Truth 373 Martin Hose 25 Knowledge of Self 386 Daniela Dueck 26 Explicit Knowledge 401 Markus Asper 27 Implicit Knowledge 415 David Konstan 28 Preserved Knowledge: Summaries and Compilations 427 Markus Dubischar Part VII Literature and Aesthetics 441 29 The Language of Greek Literature 443 Andreas Willi 30 Poetic Devices in Greek Literature: Pleasure and Creative Appropriation 461 Nicholas Baechle 31 The Function of Literature 476 Victoria Wohl Part VIII The Reception of Greek Literature 489 32 Trends in Greek Literature in the Contemporary Academy 491 Emily Wilson 33 The Reception of Ancient Greek Literature and Western Identity 511 Edith Hall Index 534