Politics and performance in western Greece / edited by Heather L. Reid, Davide Tanasi, and Susi Kimbell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reid, Heather Lynne, 1963- editor.

Tanasi, Davide, 1974- editor.

Kimbell, Susi, editor.

Series:

Heritage of Western Greece

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and culture--Italy--History.

Politics and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 pages).

Place of Publication:

Sioux City, Iowa : Parnassos Press, 2017.

Summary:

Because the histories of theater, politics, art, poetry, athletics, and philosophy tend to be studied separately, it is easy to forget how interconnected they were in Western Greece-the coastal areas of Southern Italy and Sicily settled by Hellenes in the 8th and 7th centuries BCE. Hieron I of Syracuse may be remembered as a tyrant, but his political power was inseparable from the theater. Hieron was the patron of the dramatist Epicharmus, who was as much a philosopher as Xenophanes, who was a poet in his own right like Pindar, who was also supported by the tyrant and whose work---like all the others'-was performed for political ends. Even Plato's adventures in Syracuse can be seen as a performance of his own political poetry. This collection of essays from a variety of disciplinary perspectives including archaeology, classics, philosophy, and art history, offers a refreshing new outlook on the ancient cultural interactions of politics and performance in Western Greece.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (JSTOR, viewed July 3, 2020).

ISBN:

1-942495-19-6