Book contents
- Ancient Greek Lists
- Ancient Greek Lists
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Tally of Text
- 1 A Number of Things
- 2 “Or Such a Woman as…”
- 3 Displaying the Past
- 4 Stone Treasuries
- 5 Citizens Who Count
- 6 Unified Infinities, Catalogic Chronotopes
- 7 Conclusion and Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
7 - Conclusion and Epilogue
The Materialization of Lists
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2021
Book contents
- Ancient Greek Lists
- Ancient Greek Lists
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Tally of Text
- 1 A Number of Things
- 2 “Or Such a Woman as…”
- 3 Displaying the Past
- 4 Stone Treasuries
- 5 Citizens Who Count
- 6 Unified Infinities, Catalogic Chronotopes
- 7 Conclusion and Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
Summary
The Conclusion and Epilogue gesture toward the listed dynamics of counting and materialization in later texts through the brief examples of the Parian Marble and Lindian Chronicle. These monumental inscribed text-objects can be understood as literal transformations of cultural value into list form, extreme inventories untethered from their contents.
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- Ancient Greek ListsCatalogue and Inventory Across Genres, pp. 211 - 222Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021