Bibliography of Most Frequently Cited Works Andersen, Ø. 1978. Die Diomedes-Gestalt in der Ilias. Symbolae Osloenses suppl. 25. Oslo. Bethe, E. 1891. Thebanische Heldenlieder. Leipzig. Burkert, W. 1981. “The Seven Against Thebes: An Oral Tradition between Babylonian Magic… Read more
Abbreviations In the spirit of the series, I have kept abbreviations to a minimum, so as to make the book as reader-friendly as possible. Some of them, however, are very frequent or very convenient, and although most readers are likely to recognize them at first glance, others… Read more
Acknowledgments This book was written almost entirely at the Center of Hellenic Studies: I owe to the Center much more than I can put down in words. I loved the place and I adored the people. In the Phaedrus, Socrates says that trees, unlike people, have nothing… Read more
Introduction. Plato’s Self-Disclosing Strategies Why dialogues? Readers of Plato have asked this question again and again over the centuries, and there is no sign of them relenting. [1] Scholars in particular struggle to understand why Plato wrote dialogues as opposed to philosophical… Read more
Chapter 1. Terpsichore To Terpsichore, the cicadas report those who have honored her in the choral dance (τοὺς ἐν τοῖς χοροῖς τετιμηκότας), and make them dearer to her Phaedrus 259c–d From the third frieze of the François vase,… Read more
11. The Performance of Drama and Epic in Late-Classical Athens 11.1 The Reforms of Lykourgos The convergence between rhapsodes and actors was in evidence toward the end of the fourth century BC. Just as rhapsodes were relying increasingly on scripted rehearsal and memorized performance—with a drastically reduced… Read more
12. The Performance of Homer after Ⅳ BC Although the homēristēs whom I have already considered [1] takes us decisively into Roman imperial times, I now return more broadly to the performance of Homer during and after the Hellenistic period by professionals who… Read more
13. Rhapsodic hypokrisis and Aristotelian lexis 13.1 Why Aristotle on Ὑπόκρισις Matters As I noted in the Introduction to this book, [1] the term ὑπόκρισις is not connected solely with oratorical delivery but, more broadly, with the general notion of ‘performance’. Read more
14. The Aristotelian tekhnē of hypokrisis 14.1 Technical hypokrisis We come at last to Rhetoric 1404a12–19, the section where Aristotle makes clear what approach to λέξις and ὑπόκρισις he intends to take in the rest of the treatise: ἐκείνη μὲν οὖν ὅταν ἔλθῃ ταὐτὸ ποιήσει τῇ… Read more
