Direct Speech in Greek and Latin Epic : Expanding the Methods and Canon

Direct speech is a key feature of epic poetry. It has mimetic and rhetorical qualities, contributes to the characterization of the heroes and conveys emotions. This volume accompanies the launch of the DICES Database of Greek and Latin Epic Speech, mapping direct speech representation from Homer to Late Antiquity. It presents exploratory and methodologically innovative case studies by the project’s interdisciplinary group of test users. The project seeks to inspire future research in the field, promoting Digital Humanities methods, drawing on theoretical insights from the fields of social psychology, the study of emotions, and narratology, and expanding the epic canon.

DICES Database of Greek and Latin Epic Speech: https://dices.mta.ca

Christopher W. Forstall, Ph.D. (2014, SUNY at Buffalo), is associate professor of Classics at Mt. Allison University in Canada. He has published on digital methods in Classics, including intertextuality and poetics.

Berenice Verhelst, Ph.D. (2014, Ghent University), is assistant professor of Ancient Greek at the University of Amsterdam. She has published mainly on late antique poetry, especially Nonnus of Panopolis, late antique epyllia and the cento poetry of Aelia Eudocia.
They co-direct the DICES project (Digital Initative for Classics: Epic Speeches).

Contributors are: Christopher Forstall, Berenice Verhelst, Irene de Jong, Ombretta Cesca, Matteo Romanello, Christoph Schwameis, Jan Telg genannt Kortmann, Valéry Berlincourt, Martina Delucchi, Charles Oughton, Roberto Chiappiniello, Patrick Burns, Francesco Mambrini, Thomas Bolt, Pramit Chaudhuri, Joseph Dexter, Rebekka Schirner, Bernhard Söllradl, William Dominik, Deborah Beck, Mélissande Tomcik, Elizabeth Minchin, Jeff Rydberg-Cox