In his talk „Scale, Space and Canon in Ancient Literary Culture“ Reviel Netz discusses his book from 2020. What was the structure of the ancient literary canon, and what were the consequences of this structure for the longue durée of ancient cultural history? This history is punctuated, it is argued, by several key transitions: the rise (3rd century BCE) and fall (1st century BCE) of a spatial structure organized around the two poles of Athens and Alexandria; the collapse in scale of literary culture in the 3rd century CE. What changes and what remains stable through those transitions?

The monograph can be downloaded via the online catalogues of the university libraries.