02935nam 2200493 450 99623724640331620190826145055.090-04-33465-310.1163/9789004334656(CKB)3710000000914883(MiAaPQ)EBC4727829 2016043370(nllekb)BRILL9789004334656(PPN)229538738(EXLCZ)99371000000091488320160901h20172017 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDirect speech in Nonnus' Dionysiaca narrative and rhetorical functions of the characters' "varied" and "many-faceted" words /by Berenice VerhelstLeiden ;Boston :Brill,[2017]©20171 online resource (342 pages) illustrationsMnemosyne supplements. Late antique literature,2214-5621 ;volume 39790-04-32589-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Introduction -- Imitation and Transformation: From Troy to India and from Medea to Morrheus -- Types of Epic Speech: The Battle Exhortation -- Speeches within Speeches -- The Rhetoric of Deception: Persuasive Strategies -- Ecphrastic Ethopoeae and the Perspective of the Text-Internal Observer -- Rhetoric of Seduction and Failure of Communication in the Beroe Episode -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Indexes.Direct Speech in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca is the first more extensive study of the use and functions of direct speech in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca (5th century AD). Its long soliloquies and scarcity of dialogues have often been pointed out as striking characteristics of Nonnus’ epic style, but nonetheless this fascinating subject received relatively little attention. Berenice Verhelst aims to reveal the poem’s constant interplay between the epic tradition and the late antique literary context with its clear rhetorical stamp. She focusses on the changed functions of direct speech and their implications for the presentation of the mythological story. Organized around six case studies, this book presents an in-depth analysis of a representative part of the vast corpus of the Dionysiaca’s 305 speeches. The digital appendix to this book ( Database of Direct Speech in Greek Epic Poetry ) can be consulted online at www.dsgep.ugent.be .Mnemosyne, Supplements397.Direct discourse in literatureRhetoric, AncientDirect discourse in literature.Rhetoric, Ancient.883/.01Verhelst Berenice1987-975149MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996237246403316Direct speech in Nonnus' Dionysiaca2220340UNISA