Drama and Performance in Hellenistic Poetry

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-90-429-3654-6
Verlag: PEETERS PUB

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 354 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: Hellenistica Groningana

This volume is devoted to aspects of performance in Hellenistic poetry.

This theme is approached from various angles. Although drama has long

been regarded as typical of fifth century Athens, there is an increasing

awareness among classical scholars of the importance of drama also for

the Hellenistic period. In that period too drama was still written and

performed, but at the same time it also was an important object of study

and a source of inspiration for works in other genres, such as the epic

of Apollonius Rhodius, for new literary forms like the idylls of

Theocritus or the mimiambs of Herodas, or for literary experiments such

as the extended messenger speech in the Alexandra of Lycophron. Besides,

performance was never restricted to drama, but from the archaic period

onwards was essential to the presentation of poetry to an audience and

thus remained an integral part of Greek cultural life in all periods,

also in times of increasing literacy like the Hellenistic period.

Therefore in this volume also epic and didactic poetry as well as

shorter works from, e.g., a cultic, ritual or sympotic sphere have been

studied from the point of view of performance. The various articles show

that the focus on performance is a fruitful perspective for looking at

Hellenistic poetry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harder, M. a.

Regtuit, R. F.

Wakker, G. C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Hellenismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur