Typically, the first decade of Friedrich Nietzsche's career is considered a sort of précis to his mature thinking. Yet his philological articles, lectures, and notebooks on Ancient Greek culture and thought - much of which has received insufficient scholarly attention - were never intended to serve as a preparatory ground to future thought. Nietzsche's early scholarship was intended to express his insights into the character of antiquity. Many of those insights are not only important for better understanding Nietzsche; they remain vital for understanding antiquity today. Interdisciplinary in scope and international in perspective, this volume investigates Nietzsche as a scholar of antiquity, offering the first thorough examination of his articles, lectures, notebooks on Ancient Greek culture and thought in English. With eleven original chapters by some of the leading Nietzsche scholars and classicists from around the world and with reproductions of two definitive essays, this book analyzes Nietzsche's scholarly methods and aims, his understanding of antiquity, and his influence on the history of classical studies.

Acknowledgments AbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionPart I: Nietzsche's Place in Philology1. On Nietzsche's Philolological Beginnings Joachim Latacz2. Nietzsche's Radical Philology James I. PorterPart II: Scholarly Processes3. The Sources of Nietzsche's Lectures on Rhetoric Glenn Most and Thomas Fries4. Apollo and the Problem of the Unity of Culture in the Early Nietzsche Douglas BurnhamPart III: Scholarly Achievement5. Nietzsche's Valediction and First Article: The Theognidea Anthony K. Jensen6. Nietzsche and Diogenes Laertius Jonathan Barnes7. Nietzsche's Influence on Homer Scholarship Alexey ZhavoronkovPart IV: Literature, Language, Culture8. The History of Literature as an Issue: Nietzsche's Attempt to Represent Antiquity Carlotta Santini9. The Audience (Hearers and Viewers) and the Different Influence on Different Types in Nietzsche's Lectures Vivetta Vivarelli10. Nietzsche on the Ancient Quarrel between Philosophy and Poetry Matthew MeyerPart V: Philosophy, Science, Religion11. Nietzsche's Genealogy of Early Greek Philosophy Helmut Heit12. Nietzsche and Philology and the Science of Antiquity: On the Genealogies of Ancient Science Babette Babich13. The Religion of the 'older Greeks' in Nietzsche's 'Notes to We Philologists' Hubert Cancik and Hildegard Cancik-LindemaierIndex