Drawing on recent studies in ethnography and sociolinguistics, Richard Martin here sets forth a poetics of Homeric speeches, which he sees not merely as poetic creations but as the representation of an actual form of speaking in a traditional culture. Read more
Available Online Now Pindar’s Verbal Art: An Ethnographic Study of Epinician Style by James Bradley Wells In Pindar’s Verbal Art, James Bradley Wells argues that the victory song is a traditional art form that appealed to a popular audience and served exclusive elite interests through the inclusive appeal of… Read more
Available Online Now Pindar’s Verbal Art: An Ethnographic Study of Epinician Style by James Bradley Wells In Pindar’s Verbal Art, James Bradley Wells argues that the victory song is a traditional art form that appealed to a popular audience and served exclusive elite interests through the inclusive appeal of… Read more
