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De novis libris iudicia de Jong, I.J.F., Nünlist, R. (eds.) 2007. Time in Ancient Greek Literature. Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative, vol. 2 (MnS, 291). Leiden, Brill. xiii, 542 p. Pr. €139.00 (hb).

De novis libris iudicia de Jong, I.J.F., Nünlist, R. (eds.) 2007. Time in Ancient Greek... © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/002670710X12603307970711 Mnemosyne 63 (2010) 117-119 brill.nl/mnem De novis libris iudicia de Jong, I.J.F., Nünlist, R. (eds.) 2007. Time in Ancient Greek Literature. Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative , vol. 2 (MnS, 291). Leiden, Brill. xiii, 542 p. Pr. €139.00 (hb). Th is book is the second volume in the series Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative ; the fi rst was Narrators and Narratees (2004). Th e series as a whole seeks to serve as a narratological history of Greek literature. Although the project was begun before the prominent narratologist’s Monika Fludernik’s 2003 call for the ‘dia- chronization’ of narratology, the preface identifi es it with this goal. Th is review concerns itself less with the particulars of the individual chapters than with these high ambitions. Both the merits and the limits of this attempt at historicizing narratology appear in nuce in a paragraph in T. Whitmarsh’s excellent chapter on Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius (424). Whitmarsh points out that Philostratus sometimes “will deviate from strict chronology to pursue proleptically Apollonius’ relationship with an individual . . . For similar tying up see Hesiod ( → )”. Th e arrow refers to 39-42, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

De novis libris iudicia de Jong, I.J.F., Nünlist, R. (eds.) 2007. Time in Ancient Greek Literature. Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative, vol. 2 (MnS, 291). Leiden, Brill. xiii, 542 p. Pr. €139.00 (hb).

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Mnemosyne , Volume 63 (1): 117 – Jan 1, 2010
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/002670710X12603307970711 Mnemosyne 63 (2010) 117-119 brill.nl/mnem De novis libris iudicia de Jong, I.J.F., Nünlist, R. (eds.) 2007. Time in Ancient Greek Literature. Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative , vol. 2 (MnS, 291). Leiden, Brill. xiii, 542 p. Pr. €139.00 (hb). Th is book is the second volume in the series Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative ; the fi rst was Narrators and Narratees (2004). Th e series as a whole seeks to serve as a narratological history of Greek literature. Although the project was begun before the prominent narratologist’s Monika Fludernik’s 2003 call for the ‘dia- chronization’ of narratology, the preface identifi es it with this goal. Th is review concerns itself less with the particulars of the individual chapters than with these high ambitions. Both the merits and the limits of this attempt at historicizing narratology appear in nuce in a paragraph in T. Whitmarsh’s excellent chapter on Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius (424). Whitmarsh points out that Philostratus sometimes “will deviate from strict chronology to pursue proleptically Apollonius’ relationship with an individual . . . For similar tying up see Hesiod ( → )”. Th e arrow refers to 39-42,

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