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
Plates [Due to copyright restrictions, the images included in the print version of this book are not available for reproduction online. Where possible, those images have been replaced by line drawings, open source images, or links to relevant citation information.] Plate 1. The Parian Marble, section A. Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, inv. ANChandler.2.23. Photo ©Ashmolean Museum. [To view a version of the image, visit the… Read more
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II.1 Introduction §1. Homer and Pindar [1] represent the earliest and most important poetic genres of Archaic and Classical Greece: epic and lyric. Similar to drama, epic and lyric performance was social, interactive, and often ritual. There was a rhythm to Homeric epic and a melody to Pindaric song that is lost to us, which can at best be approximated with the aid of meter. Read more
Particles in Ancient Greek Discourse Exploring Particle Use Across Genres Anna Bonifazi, Annemieke Drummen, Mark de Kreij* Part I: Foundations In this introductory part, all three authors are represented. The prologue and epilogue, here gathered in one volume, are co-authored. Chapter I.2, on the study of particles in ancient Greek and Roman scholarship, was written by Mark de Kreij. Chapter I.3, on modern approaches to particles… Read more
