Nagy, Gregory2015-05-132011Nagy, Gregory. 2011. Diachrony and the Case of Aesop. Classics@ 9.http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:15549946In this project, which is a radical rewriting of a keynote address I gave at a conference held at Duke University in 2010 on the topic of diachrony, I speak about a methodology and about the application of this methodology in analyzing a tradition. The methodology is diachronic analysis, and I apply this methodology here to an ancient tradition that combines the fables of Aesop with a set of stories that tell about his life and times, conventionally known as the Life of Aesop narratives or even Lives of Aesop.en-USJournal Article2015-04-16Gregory Nagy2015-05-13