Bibliography Adkins, W. H. 1982. “Values, Goals, and Emotions in the Iliad.” Classical Philology 77:292–326. Alden, M. 2001. Homer Beside Himself: Para-narratives in the Iliad. Oxford. ———. 2012. “The Despised Migrant (Il. 9.648 = 16.59).” In Homeric Contexts:… Read more
Introduction The images of flowers, trees, and other plants that we find in the poetry of a given region represent particular responses to a particular flora with particular characteristics familiar to those who live in that region. Therefore, if we are to achieve a proper understanding of… Read more
Part I. Flowers and Erotic Bodies Preamble The first part of this study focuses on vegetal images of the erotic or, more specifically, on associations of flowers and erotic bodies. Most of the surviving examples of floral images of the erotic in archaic Greek poetry are… Read more
4. The Living Instrument: Odyssey 13–15 in Performance The actor … must make his own inner being ‘an instrument capable of playing any tune,’ as it is often put. Francis Fergusson, The Idea of a Theater, pp. 252–253 Turning… Read more
Conclusion Epic is not simply a stripped-down version of tragedy, some sort of primitive ancestor. Instead, the “half-acting” of epic creates an atopia—a placelessness, an uncanniness—in which the absent and the past take over the present, along multiple paths. The performance dynamic creates separate realms of action—present,… Read more
Appendix A. Rhapsodes in Vase Painting; Rhapsōidia Vase painting provides evidence for the nature of Homeric performance, though not as much as might be thought, and not in as much abundance as for other musical contests held at the Panathenaia. [1] The… Read more
Appendix B. The Homeric Performer, the Staff, and “Becoming the Character” The “play” between bard and character, their inner dynamics, variations, attunements, narratological ensembles and assemblies, can be brought to life by looking at a series of objects that threads through both the Iliad and the Odyssey,… Read more
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Acknowledgements This book began as a doctoral dissertation at the University of Missouri-Columbia, under the direction and shepherding of John Miles Foley?, but has since been expanded and rewritten through the encouragement of numerous colleagues. I am particularly appreciative of the support of Gregory Nagy and Leonard… Read more
