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The Cup of Song: Studies on Poetry and the Symposion
Vanessa Cazzato
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Description for The Cup of Song: Studies on Poetry and the Symposion
Hardback. The Cup of Song explores the symbiotic relationship of the symposion and poetry across Greek literary history. Each chapter discusses one aspect of sympotic engagement by key authors across the major genres of Greek poetry, leading to a characterization of the full spectrum of sympotic poetry from its beginnings through to the Hellenistic age. Editor(s): Cazzato, Vanessa; Obbink, Dirk; Prodi, Enrico Emanuele. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 692.
The symposion is arguably the most significant and well-documented context for the performance, transmission, and criticism of archaic and classical Greek poetry, a distinction attested by its continued hold on the poetic imagination even after its demise as a performance setting. The Cup of Song explores the symbiotic relationship of poetry and the symposion throughout Greek literary history, considering the latter both as a literal performance context and as an imaginary space pregnant with social, political, and aesthetic implications. This collection of essays by an international group of leading scholars illuminates the various facets of this relationship, from Greek ... Read more
The symposion is arguably the most significant and well-documented context for the performance, transmission, and criticism of archaic and classical Greek poetry, a distinction attested by its continued hold on the poetic imagination even after its demise as a performance setting. The Cup of Song explores the symbiotic relationship of poetry and the symposion throughout Greek literary history, considering the latter both as a literal performance context and as an imaginary space pregnant with social, political, and aesthetic implications. This collection of essays by an international group of leading scholars illuminates the various facets of this relationship, from Greek ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
692 g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199687688
SKU
V9780199687688
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About Vanessa Cazzato
Vanessa Cazzato read for her doctorate in Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and is currently a post-doctoral researcher at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Dirk Obbink is Associate Professor of Papyrology and Greek Literature at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow and Student of Christ Church. Enrico Emanuele Prodi read for his doctorate in Classics at Merton ... Read more
Reviews for The Cup of Song: Studies on Poetry and the Symposion
This volume reminds us of just how many angles there are to studying the symposion, just how many methodologies, just how many media, and just how many time periods. It will undoubtedly galvanise more nuanced future research which will takes up the challenge of working across disciplines.
Max Leventhal, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Max Leventhal, Bryn Mawr Classical Review