Anachronism and Antiquity

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Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page Contents Figures Preface Abbreviations Prelude: Look to the End 1 Inventing Anachronism Modern anachronisms The origins of anachronism From Byzantium to Italy and beyond Anachronism from literature to chronology Anachronism and related terms Anachronism and the idea of progress The historian’s unforgivable sin 2 Anachronistic Histories Borges and Cervantes: A chivalrous pursuit Petrarch and Valla: Forging anachronism Altdorfer and Schlegel: Koselleck’s pasts Anachronism and periodization 3 Anachronism and Philology Creative anachronism in antiquity Situating ancient criticism Anachronism and philological argument Anachronistic similes Anachronistic names Anachronism and the poet Anachronistic games: Orestes at the Pythia Historicizing literary anachronism Interlude: Dido versus Virgil 4 Anachronism and Chronology Scaliger and the birth of chronology Calendars out of joint Dating systems Prochronisms and metachronisms 5 Anachronistic Survivals Uneven development Anachronistic traces Anachronism in the city Anachronism on the periphery Anachronism incorporated 6 Anachronism and Exemplarity Exemplarity versus historicism Exemplarity in theory Exemplarity in action Exempla in their time Interlude: Ariadne on Naxos 7 Anachronism Now: Multitemporal Moments Theorizing multitemporality Seizing the moment Objects in time Epic mo(nu)ments Anachronic Ajax Coda: Ariadne at Cumae Interlude: Aeneas in the Underworld 8 Anachronistic Dialogues Anachronism and the School of Athens Philosophical dialogues across time Dialogues with the dead Reading communities Epilogue: Crowning the Victors Notes References Index