The Historical Present in Thucydides: Semantics and Narrative Function
Le present historique chez Thucydide : Semantique et fonction narrative
Published on 21. March 2011
Book
Hardback
344 pages
978-90-04-20118-7 (ISBN)
Description
After Etudes sur l'aspect verbal chez Platon (Saint-Etienne, 2000), the international 'Groupe de recherche sur l'aspect verbal en grec' now presents a second volume on verbal aspect in (Ancient) Greek, which is devoted to the function(s) of the Historical Present in Thucydides. In nine chapters the authors approach this subject from a variety of angles, focusing inter alia on the HP of particular verbs and on its use in battle narratives, or investigate Thucydides' use of the HP from a comparative perspective. They share one important assumption, viz. that the primary function of the HP is to mark events that were, according to Thucydides, of decisive importance for the development of the Peloponnesian War. By its rich and detailed analyses the book provides important new insights into Thucydides' narrative technique.
Reviews / Votes
the present volume is an important contribution to Thucydidean scholarship. (...) Personally, I have been using it since its publication and I fearlessly recommend it to everyone. Vasileios Liotsakis, BMCR 2012.04.55.More details
Series
Language
English
French
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
All those interested in Thucydides, Tense and Aspect, Discourse Analysis and Narratve Technique
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Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
676 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-20118-7 (9789004201187)
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Jean Lallot (agrege de grammaire 1962, PhD 1990) est maitre de conferences emerite (linguistique grecque) a l'Ecole normale superieure (Paris). Commentateur et traducteur d'Aristote (Poetique, 1980 [en collab.]; Categories, 2002 [en collab.]) et des grammairiens grecs (Denys le Thrace, 1989; Apollonius Dyscole, Syntaxe, 1997).
Albert Rijksbaron (Ph.D. 1976) is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Greek Linguistics at the University of Amsterdam. His publications include The Syntax and Semantics of the Verb in Classical Greek (1984, 20023), Grammatical Observations on Euripides' Bacchae (1991), and an edition with commentary of Plato's Ion (2007).
Bernard Jacquinod (docteur d'etat 1985) est professeur emerite de Linguistique du grec ancien a l'Universite de Saint-Etienne (France), il a ete le directeur de la faculte d'Arts, Lettres, Langues. Il a publie sa these sous le titre : Le double accusatif en grec d'Homere a la fin du Ve avant J.-C. (1989, Louvain).
Michel Buijs, Ph.D. (2003) in Ancient Greek, Leiden University, teaches Greek and Latin at Utrecht University and Leiden University. He is author of Clause Combining in Ancient Greek Narrative Discourse (2005) and co-editor of The Language of Literature. Linguistic Approaches to Classical Texts (2007).
Albert Rijksbaron (Ph.D. 1976) is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Greek Linguistics at the University of Amsterdam. His publications include The Syntax and Semantics of the Verb in Classical Greek (1984, 20023), Grammatical Observations on Euripides' Bacchae (1991), and an edition with commentary of Plato's Ion (2007).
Bernard Jacquinod (docteur d'etat 1985) est professeur emerite de Linguistique du grec ancien a l'Universite de Saint-Etienne (France), il a ete le directeur de la faculte d'Arts, Lettres, Langues. Il a publie sa these sous le titre : Le double accusatif en grec d'Homere a la fin du Ve avant J.-C. (1989, Louvain).
Michel Buijs, Ph.D. (2003) in Ancient Greek, Leiden University, teaches Greek and Latin at Utrecht University and Leiden University. He is author of Clause Combining in Ancient Greek Narrative Discourse (2005) and co-editor of The Language of Literature. Linguistic Approaches to Classical Texts (2007).
Content
CONTENTS
List of Contributors
Avant-propos
Introduction
Albert Rijksbaron
Chapter One Vue cavaliere sur les emplois du Present Historique dans les Histoires de Thucydide
Jean Lallot
Chapter Two The Historical Present in Thucydides: Capturing the Case of ????? and ????????
Rutger J. Allan
Chapter Three ??????? au Present Historique chez Thucydide
Odile Mortier-Waldschmidt
Chapter Four ????? et le Present Historique chez Thucydide
Bernard Jacquinod
Chapter Five A Tale of Two Involuntary Encounters: Linguistics and the Persuasive Function of the Historical Present in two Thucydidean Battle Scenes (1.45-51 & 1.56-66)
Adriaan Rademaker & Michel Buijs
Chapter Six Imparfait, aoriste et present historique dans les recits des quatre batailles navales de Syracuse (Guerre du Peloponnese, livre 7)
Louis Basset
Chapter Seven The Profanation of the Mysteries and the Mutilation of the Hermae. Two Variations on Two Themes.
Albert Rijksbaron
Chapter Eight Present historique et subjectivite: sur quelques exemples de Polybe et de Thucydide
Frederic Lambert
Chapter Nine The Temporal Characteristics of the Historical Present in Thucydides
Coulter H. George
Annexe I: Quatre exercices
Rutger J. Allan, Coulter H. George, Odile Mortier-Waldschmidt,Albert Rijksbaron
Annexe II: Trois repertoires (sur les Histoires de Thucydide): Verbes attestes au Present Historique Principaux verbes non attestes au Present Historique Repertoire des Presents Historiques en contexte
Jean Lallot, Odile Mortier-Waldschmidt, Sophie Vassilaki
Bibliography
Index locorum potiorum
Index of Technical Terms
List of Contributors
Avant-propos
Introduction
Albert Rijksbaron
Chapter One Vue cavaliere sur les emplois du Present Historique dans les Histoires de Thucydide
Jean Lallot
Chapter Two The Historical Present in Thucydides: Capturing the Case of ????? and ????????
Rutger J. Allan
Chapter Three ??????? au Present Historique chez Thucydide
Odile Mortier-Waldschmidt
Chapter Four ????? et le Present Historique chez Thucydide
Bernard Jacquinod
Chapter Five A Tale of Two Involuntary Encounters: Linguistics and the Persuasive Function of the Historical Present in two Thucydidean Battle Scenes (1.45-51 & 1.56-66)
Adriaan Rademaker & Michel Buijs
Chapter Six Imparfait, aoriste et present historique dans les recits des quatre batailles navales de Syracuse (Guerre du Peloponnese, livre 7)
Louis Basset
Chapter Seven The Profanation of the Mysteries and the Mutilation of the Hermae. Two Variations on Two Themes.
Albert Rijksbaron
Chapter Eight Present historique et subjectivite: sur quelques exemples de Polybe et de Thucydide
Frederic Lambert
Chapter Nine The Temporal Characteristics of the Historical Present in Thucydides
Coulter H. George
Annexe I: Quatre exercices
Rutger J. Allan, Coulter H. George, Odile Mortier-Waldschmidt,Albert Rijksbaron
Annexe II: Trois repertoires (sur les Histoires de Thucydide): Verbes attestes au Present Historique Principaux verbes non attestes au Present Historique Repertoire des Presents Historiques en contexte
Jean Lallot, Odile Mortier-Waldschmidt, Sophie Vassilaki
Bibliography
Index locorum potiorum
Index of Technical Terms