Poetry, Theory, Praxis: The Social Life of Myth, Word and Image in Ancient Greece : Essays in Honour of William J. Slater
, by Csapo, Eric; Miller, Margaret C.- ISBN: 9781842171011 | 1842171011
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 9/1/2003
CONTENTS: Section I: Myth and Cult, Pelasgians in Early Greek Thought- Art, Myth and Reality: Xenophantos' Lekythos Re-examined- Lenaea Vases in Context- The Dolphins of DionysusSection II: Theatre, The Chorus in Greek Satyrplay- Hypermestra and Lynkeus- Hypsipyle and Athens- Orestes the Ephebe- Speculations on the Tragic Poet Sthenelos and a Comic Vase in Richmond- Up-staging Greek Tragedy: The Use (and Abuse) of Genre?Section III: The Written Word. Literate and Wealthy Women in Archaic Greece: The Case of the Telesstas Hydria'- The Topic of Envy and Emulation in an Agonistic Inscription from Oenoanda- Aesop's Encounter with Isis and the Muses, and the Origins of the Life of Aesop