Abbreviations AJC Meshorer, Y. 1982. Ancient Jewish Coinage. Dix Hills, NY. AJP American Journal of Philology ANRW Temporini, H., and W. Haase, eds. 1972–. Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt. Berlin. BMCR Bryn Mawr Classical Review BNP Brill’s New Pauly: Encyclopedia of the Ancient World . 2002–. Leiden. CPJ Tcherikover, V. et al., eds. 1957–1964. Read more
Chapter 1. Introduction: Tragedy, Authority, and Trickery; A Greeting [In this on-line version, the page-numbers of the printed version are indicated within braces (“{” and “}”). For example, “{69|70}” indicates where p. 69 of the printed version ends and p. 70 begins. These indications will be useful to readers who need to look up references made elsewhere to the printed version of this book.] Book 6 of the Iliad presents one… Read more
Chapter 2. Toward a Poetics of Embedded Letters Josephus’ competent readers would have been familiar with the practice of embedding letters, as discussed in Chapter One. By describing epistolary embedding in detail, this chapter will argue that Josephus’ readers would have been quite prepared to apprehend the various ways in which embedded letters interact with their surrounding narratives. Josephus’ portrayal of Herod’s use of letters to convict his sons before a Roman… Read more
Chapter 3. Basic Epistolary Functions Scholars have often placed letters into categories based on their specific purpose, whether it was to extend an invitation, make a recommendation, or provide instruction, to name but a few common themes. [1] More broadly than these themes, letters had basic functions that make up an important part of embedded epistolary poetics. As shown in the discussion on historical… Read more
Chapter 3: The Ptolemaic Papyri of the Iliad: Evidence of Eccentricity or Multitextuality? Until the end of the nineteenth century, the text of Homer, as preserved in papyri and medieval manuscripts, was relatively uniform, with few significant variant readings to exercise scholars. True, there were instances where an ancient author such as Plato or Aeschines had quoted a passage of Homer in a way that differed in… Read more
Online edition of Hellenic Studies 43, originally published in 2010 by the Center for Hellenic Studies. Copyright, Center for Hellenic Studies. A print version is available for purchase via Harvard University Press here. Read more
Acknowledgments We gratefully acknowledge the support provided by a National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research grant, which funded in large part the research and writing of this book. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. We are also profoundly grateful for the support of several individuals who contributed to the project… Read more
Interpreting Iliad 10: Assumptions, Methodology, and the Place of the Doloneia within the History of Homeric Scholarship [In this on-line version, the page-numbers of the printed version are indicated within braces (“{” and “}”). For example, “{69|70}” indicates where p. 69 of the printed version ends and p. 70 begins. These indications will be useful to readers who need to look up references made elsewhere to the… Read more
The Poetics of Ambush The phrase “poetics of ambush” encapsulates our approach and our goals for this volume, so let us begin here by defining what we mean by it. When we speak of “poetics” we mean that we are proposing a theory of the structure and functioning of the traditional language within which Iliad 10, as well as several other episodes within the epic tradition, was… Read more
Tradition and Reception: Rhesos, Dolon, and the Doloneia In this essay, we pair two concepts for investigation: the traditionality of the characters of Rhesos and Dolon and the reception of these characters and the story of the Doloneia in later works. Both concepts involve exploring what we know about these characters, the story of the Doloneia, and ambush in general from outside of Iliad 10. We start… Read more
