6. Images and Prestige of Cult Personnel in Athens between the Sixth and First Centuries BC* Ralf von den Hoff In the poleis of ancient Greece, priests and priestesses rarely had permanent political, social, or economic power as a group and… Read more
Chapter 4. Traditions in Flux It is thanks to themthat I live in three dimensions,in a space non-lyrical and non-rhetorical,with a horizon real because movable.They themselves do not knowhow much they bring in empty hands.“I owe them nothing,”love would… Read more
Chapter 5. In Search of Sappho’s Companions: Anthropological Fieldwork on Socioaesthetic Cultures The postcard on the cover of the book depicts a privileged view of a central street of Mytilene at the beginning of the twentieth century. One of the major Greek Orthodox monuments of the city,… Read more
Abbreviations and Bibliography For the fragments of Sappho and Alkaios I cite Voigt’s critical edition [= V]. For the other melic poets I use Page’s Poetae Melici Graeci [= PMG], while for Alkman, Stesikhoros, and Ibykos I refer to Davies 1991 when necessary. For the elegiac and… Read more
Abbreviations D-K Diels, H., and W. Krantz, eds. 1952, repr. Dublin, 1966. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, ed. 6. Berlin. FGrH Jacoby, F. 1957–. Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker. Leiden. PCG Kassel, R., and C. Austin, eds. 1983–. Poetae comici graeci. Berlin. PMG Page, D. L. 1962. Poetae… Read more
Chapter 1. Introduction Problem Writing to a friend, Horace describes the man as fascinated by “the discordant harmony of the cosmos, its purpose and power” (Epistles 1.12.19). Horace refers to Empedocles’ doctrine of a world order in constant flux between cohesion and fragmentation, Love and Strife,… Read more
Chapter 2. “Lovers of It”: Erotic Ambiguity in the Periclean Funeral Oration And so it is that these men have proved themselves worthy of their city. As for you, the living, pray that your resolve will be no less unshakable, yet resolve to be no… Read more
Chapter 3. He Loves You, He Loves You Not: Demophilic Courtship in Aristophanes’ Knights In the Acharnians of 425 BCE, Aristophanes promises to “shred” the leather merchant Cleon, a political bigwig and a thorn in the playwright’s side. [1] Delivering on that… Read more
Chapter 4. Forgive and Forget: Concordia discors in Aristophanes’ Assemblywomen and Lysistrata In Aristophanes’ Assemblywomen, salvation—sôtêria—for Athens and its citizens dominates the agenda, not just of the political meeting whence the play’s title, but of the play as a whole. [1] To… Read more
