The Historical Present in Thucydides, Semantics and Narrative Function: Le Present Historique Chez Thucydide, Semantique Et Fonction Narrative

Lallot, Jean (Editor)/ Rijksbaron, Albert (Editor)/ Jacquinod, Bernard (Editor)/ Buijs, Michel (Editor)

ISBN 10: 9004201181 / ISBN 13: 9789004201187

Published by Brill Academic Pub, 2011

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bilingual edition. 327 pages. French language. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Historical Present in Thucydides, Semantics and Narrative Function: Le Present Historique Chez Thucydide, Semantique Et Fonction Narrative
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004201181
• ISBN 13: 9789004201187
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 1.05 kilograms

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Jean Lallot (agrégé de grammaire 1962, PhD 1990) est maître de conférences émérite (linguistique grecque) à l’École normale supérieure (Paris). Commentateur et traducteur d’Aristote (Poétique, 1980 [en collab.]; Catégories, 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’état 1985) est professeur émérite de Linguistique du grec ancien à l’Université de Saint-Etienne (France), il a été le directeur de la faculté d'Arts, Lettres, Langues. Il a publié sa thèse sous le titre : Le double accusatif en grec d’Homère à 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).