Ruobing Xian
Biographic Data
| ID | 5635607 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruobing Xian |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruobing |
| FAMILY NAME | Xian |
| SIGNATURE | XIAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fudan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rethinking Zuozhuan and Early Chinese Historiography (on Pines, Kern, and Luraghi, Zuozhuan and Early Chinese Historiography)
Die erzählerischen Funktionen der Symposia in Herodots Historien (on M. Wunderl, Das Symposion bei Herodot)
The Homeric Quotation in Plato, Republic V 468e1–2
Two Notes on the Pseudo-Hesiodic Aspis (ΑΤΟΝ, 59; ΑΑΤΑΙ, 101)
In this article, I argue for an intertextual connection between Aspis 59 and the Iliadic formula Ἄρης ἆτος πολέμοιο as well as an intratextual one between ἆτον πολέμοιο (Sc. 59) and ἄαται πολέμοιο (Sc. 101). I further suggest that ἄαται is an artificial form which has been playfully invented by the composer. This morphological interpretation of ἄαται might shed some new light on the isolated epic forms ἕωμεν (Il. 19.402) and ἄμεναι (Il. 21.70) fr…
Raum und Erzählung in der Odyssee
The Odyssey is 'ein Epos des Raums'. As the narrative unfolds, a number of speculative spaces are made vivid before the eyes of the audience: the locus amoenus surrounding Calypso's cave, Alcinous' palace, the landscape of Ithaca, and not least Odysseus' megaron. The present study argues that the representation of space in the Odyssey plays a much more important role in the epic's narrative dynamics than is hitherto recognized. By drawing on diff…
The Cyrus Anecdote in Herodotus 9.122
The Cyrus anecdote recounted in the final chapter of Herodotus’ Histories (9.122) has received the frequent notice of critics, with particular attention paid to the anecdote's relation to the work as a whole. Scholars have long since noted that the episode involves ‘the intersection of two basic narrative modes on which Herodotus has relied throughout the Histories : ethnographic description and detailed accounts of political activity and decisio…
The Dramatization of Emotions in Iliad 24.552–658
This article argues that the episode in Il . 24.552–658 involving Achilles and Priam brings out the hero’s ability to control his emotions – even if he did lose them momentarily – by means of his calculation of what will come next. This interpretation fits the compositional structure of the epic, whose closure is highlighted by the hero’s dramatized emotions in his encounter with the Trojan king
Blameless Aegisthus Revisited
In this article I offer a new interpretation of the puzzling phrase ἀμύμονος Αἰγίσθοιο at Od . 1.29 by focusing on the context of Od . 1.29-31. A closer analysis of the passage within the narrative logic of the proem strongly suggests that Zeus, after the departure of Poseidon, should think of Odysseus. While Zeus’ opening speech is to be understood as a covert signal to Athena, Homer’s audience is invited to recognize the speech’s direct relevan…
Two Notes on Philostratus’ Imagines 2.28 (‘Looms’)
In their edition of Philostratus’ Imagines Benndorf and Schenkel established an index locorum, ‘ex quibus tamquam fontibus Philostratus ea quae in Imaginibus leguntur hausisse videtur’. For the passage quoted above, they note three allusions to the Odyssey : (1) the famous snow-melting simile (19.204-9), which describes the weeping Penelope; (2) Penelope's loom, on which she unravelled at night what she had woven during the day (19.150; 2.105); a…
A Note on ἀγοράν in Pindar N. 3.14
Die Ithakalandschaft in Od. 13
This paper offers a new interpretation of three descriptions of Ithaca’s landscape in Od . 13 (96-112; 237-249; 344-351) by linking them with other passages through careful verbal comparisons. The article begins with an analysis of the harbor of Phorkys, suggesting a parallel with the harbor of the Laestrygonians, which is similarly deceptive; Odysseus will have many more trials to face. The second part of the paper interprets Athena’s first desc…
Raum und Erzählung in der Odyssee
The Odyssey is 'ein Epos des Raums'. As the narrative unfolds, a number of speculative spaces are made vivid before the eyes of the audience: the locus amoenus surrounding Calypso's cave, Alcinous' palace, the landscape of Ithaca, and not least Odysseus' megaron. The present study argues that the representation of space in the Odyssey plays a much more important role in the epic's narrative dynamics than is hitherto recognized. By drawing on diff…
The Cyrus Anecdote in Herodotus 9.122
The Cyrus anecdote recounted in the final chapter of Herodotus’ Histories (9.122) has received the frequent notice of critics, with particular attention paid to the anecdote's relation to the work as a whole. Scholars have long since noted that the episode involves ‘the intersection of two basic narrative modes on which Herodotus has relied throughout the Histories : ethnographic description and detailed accounts of political activity and decisio…
Die Ithakalandschaft in Od. 13
This paper offers a new interpretation of three descriptions of Ithaca’s landscape in Od . 13 (96-112; 237-249; 344-351) by linking them with other passages through careful verbal comparisons. The article begins with an analysis of the harbor of Phorkys, suggesting a parallel with the harbor of the Laestrygonians, which is similarly deceptive; Odysseus will have many more trials to face. The second part of the paper interprets Athena’s first desc…
Two Notes on Philostratus’ Imagines 2.28 (‘Looms’)
In their edition of Philostratus’ Imagines Benndorf and Schenkel established an index locorum, ‘ex quibus tamquam fontibus Philostratus ea quae in Imaginibus leguntur hausisse videtur’. For the passage quoted above, they note three allusions to the Odyssey : (1) the famous snow-melting simile (19.204-9), which describes the weeping Penelope; (2) Penelope's loom, on which she unravelled at night what she had woven during the day (19.150; 2.105); a…
A Note on ἀγοράν in Pindar N. 3.14
The Cyrus Anecdote in Herodotus 9.122
The Cyrus anecdote recounted in the final chapter of Herodotus’ Histories (9.122) has received the frequent notice of critics, with particular attention paid to the anecdote's relation to the work as a whole. Scholars have long since noted that the episode involves ‘the intersection of two basic narrative modes on which Herodotus has relied throughout the Histories : ethnographic description and detailed accounts of political activity and decisio…
The Dramatization of Emotions in Iliad 24.552–658
This article argues that the episode in Il . 24.552–658 involving Achilles and Priam brings out the hero’s ability to control his emotions – even if he did lose them momentarily – by means of his calculation of what will come next. This interpretation fits the compositional structure of the epic, whose closure is highlighted by the hero’s dramatized emotions in his encounter with the Trojan king
Blameless Aegisthus Revisited
In this article I offer a new interpretation of the puzzling phrase ἀμύμονος Αἰγίσθοιο at Od . 1.29 by focusing on the context of Od . 1.29-31. A closer analysis of the passage within the narrative logic of the proem strongly suggests that Zeus, after the departure of Poseidon, should think of Odysseus. While Zeus’ opening speech is to be understood as a covert signal to Athena, Homer’s audience is invited to recognize the speech’s direct relevan…
Raum und Erzählung in der Odyssee
The Odyssey is 'ein Epos des Raums'. As the narrative unfolds, a number of speculative spaces are made vivid before the eyes of the audience: the locus amoenus surrounding Calypso's cave, Alcinous' palace, the landscape of Ithaca, and not least Odysseus' megaron. The present study argues that the representation of space in the Odyssey plays a much more important role in the epic's narrative dynamics than is hitherto recognized. By drawing on diff…
Two Notes on the Pseudo-Hesiodic Aspis (ΑΤΟΝ, 59; ΑΑΤΑΙ, 101)
In this article, I argue for an intertextual connection between Aspis 59 and the Iliadic formula Ἄρης ἆτος πολέμοιο as well as an intratextual one between ἆτον πολέμοιο (Sc. 59) and ἄαται πολέμοιο (Sc. 101). I further suggest that ἄαται is an artificial form which has been playfully invented by the composer. This morphological interpretation of ἄαται might shed some new light on the isolated epic forms ἕωμεν (Il. 19.402) and ἄμεναι (Il. 21.70) fr…
Die erzählerischen Funktionen der Symposia in Herodots Historien (on M. Wunderl, Das Symposion bei Herodot)
The Homeric Quotation in Plato, Republic V 468e1–2
Rethinking Zuozhuan and Early Chinese Historiography (on Pines, Kern, and Luraghi, Zuozhuan and Early Chinese Historiography)
Classical Antiquity Studies (10 works) · Art (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Literature (7 works) · History (5 works) · History (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · EPIC (3 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (3 works)