Appendix 6. Commentary on Athenaeus 8.360B = carmen populare 848 (PMG) Cf. Campbell, pp. 446-448 ad loc. The song as preserved in Athenaeus exhibits an uncouth admixture of “highbrow” literary elements (cf. below) and traits that stem from popular, or oral, tradition, namely rhyme and assonance, repetition… Read more
Appendix 7. Harvest Songs a) For the ancient evidence of harvest and other work-songs, cf. J. C. B. Petropoulos 1989.159-164, especially 162-163, to which add Simonides fr. 543.21-22 (PMG) (a βαυκάλημα), and Sappho fr. 102 (LP) (a loom-song?). b) Richardson 1986. 62, 67-68 notes a number… Read more
Appendix 8. The Avdemi Songs In relation to the Avdemi songs it may not be entirely far-fetched to envisage even a ritual basis loosely comparable to the ancient Adonia, which were celebrated during the Dog Days. Detienne, [1] as supplemented by Winkler,… Read more
Canicular Period(Acute Phase: July 19-27) Conditions Description Ancient testimonia Modern equivalent data Astronomical Sirius rises on July 19, visible by day; mid-point of solar year; earth and sun in greatest proximity Hes. WD 582-588… Read more
Bibliography This list includes all works which are cited but not found in the Abbreviations. Alexiou, M. L. 1974. The ritual lament in Greek tradition. Cambridge. Argenti, Philip P., and Rose, H. J. 1949. The folk-lore of Chios, i. Cambridge. … Read more
1. Introduction Toward the end of Alcman IP, the choir of maidens makes a strangely emphatic exclamation about the presence of Hagesichora. The identity of this figure is mysterious, and the significance of the passage is unclear: οὐ γὰρ ἁ κ[α]λλίσφυροςἉγησιχ[ό]ρ[α] πάρ’ αὐτεῖ,Ἀγιδοῖ …. αρμένει… Read more
2. σφυρόν in the Iliad One way of approaching the importance of the epithet καλλίσφυρος is a consideration of the meaning and use of the noun σφυρόν which lies at its root. This noun is not particularly obscure in meaning, and yet it appears infrequently in Greek… Read more
3. καλλίσφυρος in the Iliad and the Odyssey In light of the symbolic associations that σφυρόν bears in the Iliad, it is difficult to believe that an epithet deriving from this noun, and that occurs in the same poetic tradition, has no specific meaning and no pertinence… Read more
4. καλλίσφυρος and τανίσφυρος in the Homeric Hymns Once the consistent symbolism emerges in the use of καλλίσφυρος in the Iliad and in the Odyssey, the question arises whether this epithet bears the same connotations, if any at all, in other works and in other genres of… Read more
5. καλλίσφυρος, τανίσφυρος and εὔσφυρος in Hesiod The Hesiodic poems provide a wealth of examples of the use of καλλίσφυρος and τανίσφυρος. These epithets appear both in the Theogony and in the Shield of Heracles, as well as in the fragments, which even in their damaged condition… Read more
