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Poetry, theory, praxis : the social life of myth, word and image in ancient Greece : essays in honour of William J. Slater / edited by Eric Csapo and Margaret C. Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greek literature--History and criticism.
- Greek literature.
- Literature and society--Greece--History.
- Literature and society.
- Theater--Greece--History.
- Theater.
- History.
- Greece.
- Greece--Intellectual life--To 146 B.C.
- Intellectual life.
- Slater, William J.
- Genre:
- Festschriften.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxbow ; Oakville, Conn. : David Brown Book Co., [2003]
- Contents:
- Section I Myth and Cult
- 1 Pelasgians / Robert Fowler 2
- 2 Art, Myth and Reality: Xenophantos' Lekythos Re-examined / Margaret C. Miller 19
- 3 Lenaea Vases in Context / Richard Hamilton 48
- 4 The Dolphins of Dionysus / Eric Csapo 69
- Section II Theatre
- 5 The Chorus in Greek Satyrplay / Bernd Seidensticker 100
- 6 Hypermestra and Lynkeus / Erika Simon 122
- 7 Hypsipyle and Athens / Martin Cropp 129
- 8 Orestes the Ephebe / John R. Porter 146
- 9 Speculations on the Tragic Poet Sthenelus and a Comic Vase in Richmond / J. Richard Green 179
- 10 Up-staging Greek Tragedy: The Use (and Abuse) of Genre? / Robert Garland 186
- Section III The Written Word
- 11 Literate and Wealthy Women in Archaic Greece: The Case of the 'Telesstas Hydria' / Matthias Steinhart 204
- 12 The Topic of Envy and Emulation in an Agonistic Inscription from Oenoanda / Matthew W. Dickie 232
- 13 Aesop's Encounter with Isis and the Muses, and the Origins of the Life of Aesop / Noel Robertson 247.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1842171011
- OCLC:
- 51737827
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