Alcman and the cosmos of Sparta / Gloria Ferrari.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2008.Description: viii, 184 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780226668673 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0226668673 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 884/.01 22
- PA3862.A5 F47 2008
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Circulating | Philip Becker Goetz Library | PA3826 .A5 F47 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-176) and indexes.
1. The Myths -- Hippocoon and His Sons -- Path and Sign -- Measure -- Phaethon -- 2. The Chorus -- The Travails of the Chorus -- Pleiades, Hyades, and Sirius -- The Moon and the Stars -- 3. Ritual in Performance -- Heaven and Earth -- The Mourning Voice -- The Season of the Karneia -- Kalathiskos Dancers -- Appendix. Partheneion Text and Translation -- Illustrations Follow Page 88.
"The Partheneion, or "maiden song," composed in the seventh century BCE by the Spartan poet Alcman, is the earliest substantial example of a choral lyric. A provocative reinterpretation of the Partheneion and its broader context, this book excavates the poem's cosmological underpinnings and locates its ethical charge in the popular image of a perfectly harmonious universe." "Moving far beyond standard literary interpretations, Gloria Ferrari uncovers this astral symbolism by approaching the poem from sever angles to reconstruct the web of ancient drama, music, religion, painting, and material culture in which it is enmeshed. This bold new analysis significantly deepens our understanding of Greek poetry and the rich culture of Archaic Sparta."--BOOK JACKET.
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