Ancient Greek Lists brings together catalogic texts from a variety of genres, arguing that the list form was the ancient mode of expressing value through text. Ranging from Homer's Catalogue of Ships through Attic comedy and Hellenistic poetry to temple inventories, the book draws connections among texts seldom juxtaposed, examining the ways in which lists can stand in for objects, create value, act as methods of control, and even approximate the infinite. Athena Kirk analyzes how lists come to stand as a genre in their own right, shedding light on both under-studied and well-known sources to engage scholars and students of Classical literature, ancient history, and ancient languages.

Pioneering study of the cultural value attached to ancient Greek lists, catalogues, and inventories across literature and epigraphy.

About the Author
Athena Kirk is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Cornell University, New York.


Book Information
ISBN 9781108841139
Author Athena Kirk
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 630g
Dimensions(mm) 250mm * 175mm * 20mm