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In Ancient Greek Ekphrasis: Between Description and Narration Niels Koopman offers a thorough linguistic and narratological analysis of five canonical ancient Greek ekphraseis from the archaic to the Hellenistic period: Achilles’ shield in Homer’s Iliad (18.478-608), Heracles’ shield in pseudo-Hesiod’s Shield (139-320), the goatherd’s cup in Theocritus’ first Idyll (27-60), Jason’s cloak in Apollonius Rhodius’ Argonautica (1.721-68) and Europa’s basket in Moschus’ Europa (37-62). Ekphrasis, as the verbal representation of visual representation, is both text and image, which makes it a complex yet fascinating phenomenon. By investigating its descriptive and narrative properties, this study sheds light on the interplay between text and image at work in ekphrasis.

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Author:   Niels Koopman
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   26
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9789004373532

ISBN 10:   9004373535
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   16 August 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments Editions and Translations 1 Introduction: Ekphrasis, Narration and Description  1.1 The ‘Problem’ of Ekphrasis: To Narrate or to Describe?  1.2 A Definition of Ekphrasis  1.3 Ekphrasis: Description and/or Narration?  1.4 Narration  1.5 Description  1.6 Ekphrasis, Narration and Description: Conclusion 2 Methodology, Test Cases and Corpus  2.1 Introduction  2.2 A Model for Analysis  2.3 The Harbour of Phorcys and the Cave of the Nymphs (Od. 13.96–112)  2.4 Agamemnon Arms for Battle (Il. 11.15–46)  2.5 Conclusion  2.6 Corpus 3 The Shield of Achilles (Il. 18.478–608)  3.1 Introduction  3.2 Description, Narration, or Both? A Brief State of the Art  3.3 Shield of Achilles: Its Descriptivity and Narrativity  3.4 Conclusion  3.5 Visualizing the Shield of Achilles 4 The Shield of Heracles (Hes. Sc. 139–320)  4.1 Introduction  4.2 Description, Narration, or Both? A Brief State of the Art  4.3 The Shield of Heracles: Its Descriptivity and Narrativity  4.4 Conclusion  4.5 Visualizing the Shield of Heracles 5 The Goatherd’s Cup (Theoc. Id. 1.27–60)  5.1 Introduction  5.2 Description, Narration, or Both? A Brief State of the Art  5.3 The Goatherd’s Cup: Its Descriptivity and Narrativity  5.4 Conclusion  5.5 Visualizing the Goatherd’s Cup 6 Jason’s Cloak (A.R. 1.721–768)  6.1 Introduction  6.2 Jason’s Cloak: Its Descriptivity and Narrativity  6.3 Conclusion  6.4 Visualizing Jason’s Cloak 7 Europa’s Basket (Mosch. Eur. 37–62)  7.1 Introduction  7.2 Europa’s Basket: Its Descriptivity and Narrativity  7.3 Conclusion  7.4 Visualizing Europa’s Basket 8 Conclusion  8.1 Ekphrasis: Between Description and Narration  8.2 Ekphrasis and Visualization  8.3 The Findings of This Study and the Notion of Ekphrasis Bibliography Index of Greek Words General Index

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Niels Koopman earned his PhD in ancient Greek Literature from the University of Amsterdam in 2014. He teaches classical languages at Het 4e Gymnasium in Amsterdam.

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