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Direct Speech in Greek and Latin Epic
Expanding the Methods and Canon
Series: - The Language of Classical Literature, Volume: 43
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 projectâs 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
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
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
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction
âChristopher W. Forstall and Berenice Verhelst
2 Vocatives in the Speeches of Homer and Quintus of Smyrna
âIrene J.F. de Jong
3 A Computational Approach to Charactersâ Intentional Repetitions in Homeric Epic
âOmbretta Cesca and Matteo Romanello
4 Exhortations in Silius Italicusâ Punica
âChristoph Schwameis and Jan R. Telg genannt Kortmann
5 Between epic and epideictic: direct speech in Claudianâs political poems through a digital lens
âValéry Berlincourt
6 Epic speech and intertextuality: The epyllium Telephi in its literary context
âMartina Delucchi
7 Hannibal, Hercules, and the Livian Narrators of Silius Italicusâ Punica
âCharles W. Oughton
8 Desine grande loqui: Characters and speeches in the Psychomachia of Prudentius
âRoberto Chiappiniello
9 Measuring Dialogism in Latin Epic
âPatrick J. Burns
10 The (annotated) language of the Homeric Heroes: Towards a treebank-based approach
âFrancesco Mambrini
11 Computational Stylometry and Speech Style in Ovidâs Metamorphoses
âThomas J. Bolt, Pramit Chaudhuri and Joseph Dexter
12 Speech and emotion in Valerius Flaccusâ Argonautica
âRebekka Schirner
13 Quantifying Genre: A Study in Tragic Voices in Roman Epic
âBernhard Söllradl
14 Characterizational âswervesâ in the speeches of Achilles in Greek and Latin Literature
âWilliam J. Dominik
15 κεÏÏÎ¿Î¼á½³Ï in context(s) in Greek epic poetry
âDeborah Beck
16 Speaking Fake News in Flavian Epic
âMelissande Tomcik
17 Evaluating workplace relationships in the Homeric Iliad: bringing together digital approaches and social and cognitive theory
âElizabeth Minchin
18 Listen to mummy! Epic mother speech and persuasion from Homer to Nonnus
âChristopher W. Forstall and Berenice Verhelst
19 Using networks to explore the relationships between characters and the words they speak in Homerâs Iliad
âJeff Rydberg-Cox
Glossary
Digital appendix
Index
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction
âChristopher W. Forstall and Berenice Verhelst
Part 1 Form
2 Vocatives in the Speeches of Homer and Quintus of Smyrna
âIrene J.F. de Jong
3 A Computational Approach to Charactersâ Intentional Repetitions in Homeric Epic
âOmbretta Cesca and Matteo Romanello
4 Exhortations in Silius Italicusâ Punica
âChristoph Schwameis and Jan R. Telg genannt Kortmann
5 Between epic and epideictic: direct speech in Claudianâs political poems through a digital lens
âValéry Berlincourt
Part 2 Tradition
6 Epic speech and intertextuality: The epyllium Telephi in its literary context
âMartina Delucchi
7 Hannibal, Hercules, and the Livian Narrators of Silius Italicusâ Punica
âCharles W. Oughton
8 Desine grande loqui: Characters and speeches in the Psychomachia of Prudentius
âRoberto Chiappiniello
Part 3 Style
9 Measuring Dialogism in Latin Epic
âPatrick J. Burns
10 The (annotated) language of the Homeric Heroes: Towards a treebank-based approach
âFrancesco Mambrini
11 Computational Stylometry and Speech Style in Ovidâs Metamorphoses
âThomas J. Bolt, Pramit Chaudhuri and Joseph Dexter
Part 4 Emotion
12 Speech and emotion in Valerius Flaccusâ Argonautica
âRebekka Schirner
13 Quantifying Genre: A Study in Tragic Voices in Roman Epic
âBernhard Söllradl
14 Characterizational âswervesâ in the speeches of Achilles in Greek and Latin Literature
âWilliam J. Dominik
Part 5 Interaction
15 κεÏÏÎ¿Î¼á½³Ï in context(s) in Greek epic poetry
âDeborah Beck
16 Speaking Fake News in Flavian Epic
âMelissande Tomcik
17 Evaluating workplace relationships in the Homeric Iliad: bringing together digital approaches and social and cognitive theory
âElizabeth Minchin
18 Listen to mummy! Epic mother speech and persuasion from Homer to Nonnus
âChristopher W. Forstall and Berenice Verhelst
19 Using networks to explore the relationships between characters and the words they speak in Homerâs Iliad
âJeff Rydberg-Cox
Glossary
Digital appendix
Index
Classics students and scholars with an interest in epic poetry and digital humanities methods. Terminology is explained in a glossary and a digital appendix provides auxiliary materials enhancing the bookâs accessibility regardless of familiarity with the theoretical frameworks and digital methods.