Narratology and the Classics is the first introduction to narratology that deals with classical narrative in epic, historiography, biography, the ancient novel, but also the many narratives inserted in drama or lyric.

• Preface


• Part I: A Narratological Primer


• 1: Introduction


• 2: Narrators and Narratees


• 3: Focalization


• 4: Time


• 5: Space


• Part II: Narratological Close Readings


• 6: Narratology and Epic: Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite 45-291 (Aphrodite and Anchises)


• 7: Narratology and Historiography: Herodotus Histories 1.34-45 (Atys and Adrastus)


• 8: Narratology and Drama: Euripides Bacchae 1043-1152 (The Death of Pentheus)


• Index of Terms


• Index of Greek and Latin Passages

Irene J. F. de Jong is Professor of ancient Greek at the University of Amsterdam and a member of the Academia Europaea. She has published extensively on Homer, Herodotus, Euripides, and classical narrative. Her work has been translated into Spanish and New-Greek.