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Bibliography
Bibliography Aksik, I. 1971. “Recent Archaeological Research in Turkey.” Anatolian Studies 21:5–58. Alcock, S. 1994. “Nero at Play? The Emperor’s Grecian Odyssey.” In Elsner and Masters 1994:98–111. Alfieri, N. 1979. Spina. Museo Archeologico Nazionale de Ferrara I. Bologna. Read more
4. Some Refractions of Homeric Anger in Athenian Drama, T. R. Walsh
4. Some Refractions of Homeric Anger in Athenian Drama T. R. Walsh Think of institutions and customs which have created … out of the enjoyment of anger perpetual vengeance. Nietzsche 1997:27 In aeschylus’ Suppliants, a particular kind of anger is identified… Read more
5. Language about Achilles: Linguistic Frame Theory and the Formula in Homeric Poetics, Charles Stocking
5. Language about Achilles: Linguistic Frame Theory and the Formula in Homeric Poetics Charles Stocking The Formula: Some Theoretical Considerations Few if any scholars today can deny that the formula is an essential feature of Homeric verse. G. S. Kirk says in the preface to… Read more
6. Skillful Symposia: Odyssey ix, Archilochus Fr. 2 West, and the Οἶνος Ἰσµαρικός, Timothy Pepper
6. Skillful Symposia: Odyssey ix, Archilochus Fr. 2 West, and the Οἶνος Ἰσµαρικός Timothy Pepper The Origins of Objects Though the names and origins of characters tend to receive much attention, the identities and origins of named objects often do not. A good case in… Read more
7. Homeric Poetics and the Aeneid, Curtis Dozier
7. Homeric Poetics and the Aeneid Curtis Dozier Everyone has always known that Vergil imitated Homer, but I do not think it is known whether Vergil thought he was imitating, on the one hand, the work of a blind bard who single-handedly recorded the best versions… Read more
8. The Homeric Hymn to Apollo, Translated by Rodney Merrill
8. The Homeric Hymn to Apollo Translated by Rodney Merrill Translator’s Note My main aims in translating this hymn are similar to those I have set forth at some length in the translator’s introduction to my version of the Odyssey (Ann Arbor, 2002, 64–85), and… Read more
Contributors
Contributors CURTIS DOZIER received his Ph.D. in Classics from the University of California, Berkeley, and is Visiting Assistant Professor of Latin at Vassar College. His research focuses on the social context of Latin poetry: where and in what format Romans encountered it, what intellectual and social role… Read more
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments This book was a long time in the making. I could neither have begun nor completed it without the understanding and support of my wonderful mother and father, Michele and Conrad, and my dear sisters, Suzanne and Stephanie. I am indebted for intellectual and moral support… Read more
Preface
Preface This book examines the origins, development, and elaboration of kitharôidia in its social and political contexts and in its relation to other poetic, musical, and discursive forms and practices. It is thus, in part, an archaeology of a performative practice (singing to the kithara) and a… Read more