Archilochos heros : the cult of poets in the Greek polis / Diskin Clay.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Hellenic studies ; 6.Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2004.Description: xiv, 215 p., [36] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 x 25 cmISBN:
  • 0674014553
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 884/.01 22
LOC classification:
  • PA3873.A77 C57 2004
Contents:
I. The cult of archilochos on Paros -- II. Iconography -- III. The cult of poets in the Greek polis -- Catalogue I. The literary testimonia -- Catalogue II. The epigraphical testimonia -- Catalogue III. Reliefs -- Catalogue IV. Vase painting -- Catalogue V. Portrait statues -- Catalogue VI. Silver : a coin and a cup -- Catalogue VII. The archilocheion -- Catalogue VIII. Select inscriptions from Paros and Thasos -- App. Evidence for the cult of poets in the Greek polis.
Review: "The discovery of the Mnesiepes inscription on Paros revealed the third century B.C. belief that the young Archilochos was transformed into a poet by an encounter with the Muses. It also revealed that the poet had become the object of a cult by his fellow islanders as he was transformed in death to a local hero. This is the first attempt to trace the history of this cult from the late sixth century B.C. to the third century A.D. The author also integrates the iconography of the poet into the history of this cult, and addresses for the first time the larger phenomenon of the cult of poets in the Greek states. This study also provides appendices giving sources of information for these cults, including the text of the Mnesiepes inscription. It is illustrated by in-text figures and plates."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-199) and index.

I. The cult of archilochos on Paros -- II. Iconography -- III. The cult of poets in the Greek polis -- Catalogue I. The literary testimonia -- Catalogue II. The epigraphical testimonia -- Catalogue III. Reliefs -- Catalogue IV. Vase painting -- Catalogue V. Portrait statues -- Catalogue VI. Silver : a coin and a cup -- Catalogue VII. The archilocheion -- Catalogue VIII. Select inscriptions from Paros and Thasos -- App. Evidence for the cult of poets in the Greek polis.

"The discovery of the Mnesiepes inscription on Paros revealed the third century B.C. belief that the young Archilochos was transformed into a poet by an encounter with the Muses. It also revealed that the poet had become the object of a cult by his fellow islanders as he was transformed in death to a local hero. This is the first attempt to trace the history of this cult from the late sixth century B.C. to the third century A.D. The author also integrates the iconography of the poet into the history of this cult, and addresses for the first time the larger phenomenon of the cult of poets in the Greek states. This study also provides appendices giving sources of information for these cults, including the text of the Mnesiepes inscription. It is illustrated by in-text figures and plates."--BOOK JACKET.

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