I.4 General conclusions §1. Ιn this chapter we outline the value of our work for the study of Greek particles on the one hand, and archaic and classical Greek literature on the other. By “conclusions” we do not mean that we will be summarizing the outcomes of our various analyses on particles, particle combinations, and discourse phenomena. For these discussions we direct your attention to the ad hoc conclusions found… Read more
I.5 Particle frequencies in Homer, Pindar, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, and Thucydides We started our investigation by looking at the following frequencies. They concern the “core” items of a list inherited by previous scholarship, and the frequencies relate to the authors of our corpus. All numbers are as given by the TLG. All frequencies are in percentages of all words. All texts include fragments, if these are available in… Read more
Bibliography [Jump to letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z] (Anonymous). 1824. Lexicon Thucydidaeum: A Dictionary in Greek and English, of the Words, Phrases, and Principal Idioms, Contained in the History of the Peloponnesian War of Thucydides. London. https://archive.org/stream/lexiconthucydida00lond#page/174/mode/2up. Abbott, T. K. 1890. “On δή after Relatives in… Read more
Chapter 2. Text and Translation 1. Introduction For more than a century, Jacoby’s has been the authoritative text of the Parian Marble, first through his 1904 Habilitation thesis, later through the collection of historical fragments (FGrH 239), hereafter referred to as Jacoby’s edition. His work was timely, indeed. By 1904, section B of the inscription, just discovered (1897), had already been edited by Krispi and commented… Read more
Chapter 3. The Genre of the Parian Marble 1. The Chronicle as a Literary Genre Features such as the catalogue–like format, the absence of authorial voice, the omission of controversies about facts or sources, are not exclusive to the Parian Marble. They characterize many other texts from ancient Greece and beyond. Most particularly, content and structure link the Parian Marble to the family of “chronography,” one… Read more
Chapter 4. The Parian Marble as a Literary Text The Parian Marble offers the rare opportunity to explore the textual qualities of an ancient piece of Greek chronography. However, literary scholars seem to have so far been reluctant to study it as a verbal artifact, probably due to its catalogue style, simple syntax, and limited vocabulary. It is certainly possible to analyze the chronicle’s style, themes, characters,… Read more
Chapter 5. Time in the Parian Marble Time is ubiquitous in the Parian Marble, as suits its genre and purpose; it structures the inscription at all levels. While individual entries open with “from when” and conclude with dating formulae (by Athenian kings or archons), the text as a whole is built upon the backward counting of years (see chap. 1, sect. 4 above). Scholarship has thus far… Read more
Chapter 6. Literary History in the Parian Marble Biographies of ancient Greek poets and musicians frequently rely on information found in the Parian Marble. [1] The inscription is held as a reference point, even when the validity of dates is called into question. [2] Yet inquiry into how biographical details were attained rarely goes beyond matters of… Read more
Final Words The Parian Marble is a long inscription of unknown authorship, cut on a tall stele for display on the island of Paros. It may best be described as a selective chronographic list, annalistic in style and panhellenic in scope. It belongs to the families of ancient chronography and monumental historiography. The Parian Marble uses the basic techniques for time reckoning and the compressed, impersonal style… Read more
Appendix: Thematic Classification of Events in the Parian Marble Epoque Political Event Military Event Cultural Events Religious Event A1 1 0 0 0 A2 1 0 0 0 A3 1 0 0 0 … Read more
