Introduction: From theoretical to practical time in antiquity

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Introduction: From theoretical to practical time in antiquity 1
4. The debate on the question of “tense” and “aspect” in the Stoics’ linguistic theory 21
5. Chance, relativity, and Empedocles’ cycle(s) of time 49
6. Lucretius’ theory of temporality: Aetas in de Rerum Natura 79
7. Le temps des crises chez Galien 101
8. Temporality and ekphrastic narrative in the Aeneid 119
9. La compréhension du passé chez les premiers historiens grecs : Étude sur les emplois de πάλαι et d’ἀρχή 141
10. The transformation of the saeculum and its rhetoric in the construction and rejection of roman imperial power 199
11. Index locorum 231
12. Index nominum 239
13. Index rerum 245