Aulodes and Rhapsodes: Performance and Forms of Greek Elegy from Mimnermus to Hermesianax

The present discussion reconsiders Hermesianax Leontion fr. 7.35–46 Powell (3.35–46 Lightfoot) as offering a synthesis and aesthetic evaluation of the tradition of Colophonian elegy from the archaic to the Hellenistic period. It is argued that the terminology employed in this passage makes a clear d...

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Main Author: Livio Sbardella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ENS Éditions 2018-06-01
Series:Aitia : Regards sur la Culture Hellénistique au XXIe Siècle
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/aitia/2247