Space, Time and Language in Plutarch

Space, Time and Language in Plutarch 

Edited by: Aristoula Georgiadou and Katerina Oikonomopoulou

Volume 67 in the series Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110539479

'Space and time' have been key concepts of investigation in the humanities in recent years. In the field of Classics in particular, they have led to the fresh appraisal of genres such as epic, historiography, the novel and biography, by enabling a close focus on how ancient texts invest their representations of space and time with a variety of symbolic and cultural meanings. This collection of essays by a team of international scholars seeks to make a contribution to this rich interdisciplinary field, by exploring how space and time are perceived, linguistically codified and portrayed in the biographical and philosophical work of Plutarch of Chaeronea (1st-2nd centuries CE). The volume’s aim is to show how philological approaches, in conjunction with socio-cultural readings, can shed light on Plutarch’s spatial terminology and clarify his conceptions of time, especially in terms of the ways in which he situates himself in his era’s fascination with the past. The volume’s intended readership includes Classicists, intellectual and cultural historians and scholars whose field of expertise embraces theoretical study of space and time, along with the linguistic strategies used to portray them in literary or historical texts.

• Language: English
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Copyright year: 2017
• Audience: All those interested in Classics, Literary Studies, Ancient and Modern History, Biography, Philosophy, Cultural History.
• Pages
  • Front matter: 14
  • Main content: 382
• Keywords: Space; Time; Language; Memory

eBook

• Published: October 10, 2017
• ISBN: 9783110539479

Hardcover

• Published: October 10, 2017
• ISBN: 9783110537710