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Appendix 1A: Historical and Legendary Hostages {214-244}

5: Conclusion {205–209} We have seen that hostageship was an integral part of Roman foreign policy, an institution rooted deeply in both the legendary past (Dionysius of Halicarnassus 1.43.1; 1.59.2) and the contemporary accounts of Rome’s incredibly swift expansion during the second and first centuries B.C. (e.g., Polybius and Caesar). Only one hypothesis could explain the long duration of hostageship over so many centuries and involving such diverse peoples: it… Read more

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Appendix 1B: Historical and Legendary Hostages, continued {246–259}

Appendix 1A: Historical and Legendary Hostages {214-244} The following lists comprise all the references to hostages and hostageship found in the ancient authors who are cited in the bibliography. In the first (Appendix 1.A.) are all historical and legendary/historical cases; they have been arranged in chronological order and assigned a reference number. Besides the basic data of donor and recipient, each incident is classified into one of the four categories:… Read more

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Chapter 9. Phaethon, Sappho’s Phaon, and the White Rock of Leukas: “Reading” the Symbols of Greek Lyric, pp. 223–262

Chapter 9. Phaethon, Sappho’s Phaon, and the White Rock of Leukas: “Reading” the Symbols of Greek Lyric In the arcane Greek myths of Phaethon and Pinion there are latent themes that help resolve three problems of interpretation in Greek poetry. The first of these problems is to be found in the Parthaneion of Alcman (PMG 1). It concerns a wondrous horse conjured up in a… Read more

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Chapter 10. On the Death of Actaeon, pp. 263–265

Chapter 10. On the Death of Actaeon The myth of Actaeon the hunter is famous from the version in Ovid Metamorphoses 3.13 and following, where Artemis literally turns Actaeon into a stag. The hapless victim is then torn to shreds by his own hounds. One critic has claimed that the same theme recurs in Stesichorus PMG 236. [1] This fragment… Read more

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Part III: The Hellenization of Indo-European Social IdeologyChapter 11. Poetry and the Ideology of the Polis, pp. 269–275

Chapter 11. Poetry and the Ideology of the Polis: The Symbolism of Apportioning Meat Φιλόχορος δέ φησιν κρατήσαντας Λακεδαιμονίους Μεσσηνίων διὰ τὴν Τυρταίου στρατηγίαν ἐν ταῖς στρατείαις ἔθος ποιήσασθαι, ἂν δειπνοποιήσονται καὶ παιωνίσωσιν, ᾄδειν καθ’ ἕνα <τὰ> Τυρταίου· κρίνειν δὲ τὸν πολέμαρχον καὶ ἆθλον διδόναι τῷ νικῶντι κρέας Philochorus FGH 328 F 216 from Athenaeus 630 f Philochorus says that the Spartans,… Read more

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Chapter 12. Mythical Foundations of Greek Society and the Concept of the City-State, pp. 276–293

Chapter 12. Mythical Foundations of Greek Society and the Concept of the City-State The kinship terminology of the various Indo-European languages, as outlined in Emile Benveniste’s Le vocabulaire des institutions indo-européennes (1969), shows clearly that the basis of Indo-European social organization was the tribe. [1] For the word “tribe,” I find the working definition of Montgomery Watt, in his study… Read more

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Chapter 13. Unattainable Wishes: The Restricted Range of an Idiom in Epic Diction, pp. 294–301

Chapter 13. Unattainable Wishes: The Restricted Range of an Idiom in Epic Diction εἰ γὰρ ἐγὼν ὣςεἴην ἀθάνατος καὶ ἀγήρως ἤματα πάντα τιοίμην δ’ ὡς τίετ’ Ἀθηναίη καὶ Ἀπόλλων,ὡς νῦν ἡμέρη ἥδε κακὸν φέρει Ἀργείοισι Iliad VIII 538-541 If only I wereimmortal and unaging for all days to come,and if only I were honored just… Read more

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Bibliography, pp. 303–327

Bibliography Alexiou, M. 1974. The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition. Cambridge. Alföldi, A. 1974. Die Struktur des voretruskischen Römerstaates. Heidelberg. Allen, T. W., ed. 1912. Homeri Operas (Hymns, Cycle, fragments, etc.). Oxford. ———. 1924. Homer: The Origins and the Transmission. Oxford. Allen, W. S. 1973. Accent and Rhythm. Prosodic Features… Read more

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Foreword

Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword Gregory Nagy, General Editor [vii] Building on the foundations of scholarship within the disciplines of philology, philosophy, history, and archaeology, this series concerns not just the archaic and classical periods of Greek traditions but the whole continuum—along with all the discontinuities—from the second millennium BCE to the present. The aim is to enhance perspectives by applying various disciplines to problems… Read more