Hymnic Narrative and the Narratology of Greek Hymns

309 Pages·2015·1.683 MB·English

by  Andrew Faulkner, Owen Hodkinson

HymnicNarrativeandtheNarratologyofGreekHymns
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Hymnic Narrative and
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Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Glossary viii
Introduction 1
A.FaulknerandO.Hodkinson
part 1
TheHomericHymns
1 ConstructingaHymnicNarrative:TraditionandInnovationinthe
LongerHomericHymns 19
N.Richardson
2 TheSilenceofZeus:SpeechintheHomericHymns 31
A.Faulkner
part 2
HellenisticHymns
3 CallimachusandHisNarrators 49
S.A.Stephens
4 NarrativeStrategiesandHesiodicReceptioninCallimachus’Λουτρὰ
Παλλάδος 69
A.Vergados
5 TimeandPlace,NarrativeandSpeechinPhilicus,Philodamus,and
Limenius 87
E.L.Bowie
vi contents
part 3
ImperialGreekHymns
6 NarrativeinaLateHymntoDionysos(P.Ross.Georg.i.11) 121
W.D.Furley
7 NarrativeTechniqueandGenericHybridityinAeliusAristides’Prose
Hymns 139
O.Hodkinson
8 MakingtheHymn:MesomedeanNarrativeandtheInterpretationof
aGenre 165
M.Brumbaugh
9 APhilosopherandHisMuse:TheNarrativeofProclus’Hymns 183
N.Devlin
part 4
OrphicHymnsand“MagicalHymns”
10 TheNarrativeTechniquesoftheOrphicHymns 209
A-F.Morand
11 ThePoetandHisAddresseesinOrphicHymns 224
M.HerrerodeJáuregui
12 HymnsinthePapyriGraecaeMagicae 244
I.Petrovic
Bibliography 269
IndexofAncientPassages 290
GeneralIndex 295
Acknowledgements
Theeditorswouldliketoacknowledgetheinvaluableassistanceatallstages
of the publication process of the team at Brill, especially Maaike Langerak,
TesselJonquièreandCarolinevanErp;thethoroughandconstructivesugges-
tions of the anonymous reader, which substantially improved the book; and
Andrea Barrales-Hall for formatting and checking the typescript in its final
stagesbeforesubmission.Aboveall,wewouldliketothankallourexcellent
contributors for their work and for their patience and willingness to make
changesatseveralstages,sometimesatshortnotice.
Many of the contributions to the volume were given as papers at a very
fruitfulandconvivialkyknosconferenceheldinWalesinMay2009;thepartic-
ipantsattheconferenceallprovidedstimulatingdicussionsonthefirstdrafts
ofthesechapters.kyknos(theSwanseaandLampeterCentreforResearchon
theNarrativeLiteraturesoftheAncientWorld)wasthegenerousintellectual
hostoftheconference,whiletheformerUniversityofWalesLampeterprovided
materialhospitality;thanksarealsoowedtotheClassicalAssociation,which
fundedbursariestoenablepostgraduatestudentstoattendtheconference.We
should also like to thank colleagues at Lampeter for help during the organi-
sationandtheoccasionoftheconference;andPavlinaSaoulidouandOliver
Thomasforreadingandcommentingonearlierversionsofthebookproposal.
Glossary
compression:(called“summary”inthe Wemaydistinguishbetweenexternal
glossaryofsagn)aformofrhythm andinternal,primaryandsecondary
wherebythestory-timeisshorterthan (tertiaryetc.),andovertandcovert
thefabula-time. narratees.Comparenarrator.
durativenarration:aspecialclassof narrator:thepersonwhorecountsthe
iterativenarrationinwhichthe eventsofthestoryandthusturns
repeatedeventisdescribedasbeing themintoatext.Wemaydistinguish
repeatedindefinitely,suchasthe betweenexternalnarrators(who
characteristicactivityofagod. arenotcharactersinthestorythey
du-Stil:hymnsaddresseddirectlytogods tell)andinternalnarrators(who
inthesecondperson,invokingthe are),primarynarrators(whotellthe
godsandaskingfortheirintervention, mainstory)andsecondary(tertiary
aresaidtobeinthedu-Stil,as etc.)narrators(whotellembedded
opposedtotheer-Stil.Thisisoften narratives),overtnarrators(whorefer
associatedwithculthymns. tothemselvesandtheirnarrating
er-Stil:hymnspraisingthegodsinthe activity,tellusaboutthemselves,and
thirdpersonaresaidtobeinthe openlycommentupontheirstory)
er-Stil,asopposedtothedu-Stil. andcovertnarrators.Aspecialtype
fabula:alleventswhicharerecountedin ofovertnarratorsareself-conscious
thestory,abstractedfromtheirdispo- narrators,whoareawarethatthey
sitioninthetextandreconstructedin arenarratingandreflectontheir
theirchronologicalorder;whereellip- roleasnarrator.Allnarratorsarealso
sisoccurs(seerhythm),thefabula focalizers.
canincludealsoeventsbeyondthose priornarration:thenarrationofevents
recountedinthestory. whichstillhavetotakeplaceatthe
focalizer:theperson(thenarratorora momentofnarration.
character)throughwhose“eyes”the repetitivenarration:whenoneeventis
eventsandpersonsofanarrativeare toldmorethanonce.
“seen.” rhythm:therelationbetweenstory-time
frequency:therelationbetweenthe andfabula-time,whichisusually
numberoftimesaneventhappens measuredine.g.theamountoftext
andthenumberoftimesitisnarrated: perhouroffabula.Aneventmaybe
thismaybesingulative,repetitive, toldasascene(story-time=fabula-
iterative,ordurative. time),summary(compressionof
iterativenarration:whenrepeated narration)(story-time<fabula-time),
eventsaretoldonlyonce. slow-down(story-time>fabula-
narratees:theaddresseesofthenarrator. time),orellipsis,i.e.,nottoldatall
glossary ix
(nostory-timeisdevotedtoasegment embeddednarratives.Incomparison
offabula-time).Finallytheremay tothefabula,theeventsinthestory
beapause,whentheactionissus- maydifferinfrequency(theymaybe
pendedtomakeroomforanextended toldmorethanonce),rhythm(they
description(nofabula-timeisdevoted maybetoldatgreatlengthorquickly),
toasegmentofstory-time). andorder(thechronologicalorder
simultaneousnarration:thenarrationof maybechanged).
eventswhicharetakingplaceatthe subsequentnarration:thenarrationof
momentofnarration. eventswhichhavealreadytakenplace
singulativenarration:aneventthat atthetimeofnarration.
happensonceistoldonce. summary:seecompression.
story:theeventsasdisposedandordered text:theverbalrepresentationof
inthetext(contrast:fabula).The thestory(andhencefabula)bya
storyconsistsofthemainstoryand narrator.