Plato's rhapsody and Homer's music
Subtitle: the poetics of the Panathenaic Festival in classical Athens
By: Gregory Nagy.
Publisher: Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Homer -- Literary style; Plato -- Aesthetics; Homer -- Aesthetics; Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism; Athena (Greek deity) -- Cult -- Greece -- Athens; Performing arts -- Greece -- Athens -- History -- To 1500; Transmission of texts -- Greece -- History -- To 1500; Oral tradition -- Greece -- History -- To 1500; Oral-formulaic analysis; Aesthetics, Ancient; Panathenaia; Poetics -- History -- To 1500; Athens (Greece) -- Intellectual life; Athens (Greece) -- Civilization
Description: "This book examines the overall testimony of Plato as an expert - albeit a hostile one - about the cultural legacy of Homeric performances at the Panathenaia.

Plato's fine-tuned ear for language - not just any language but in this case the technical language of high-class artisans like rhapsodes - picks up on a variety of authentic expressions and turns of phrase that echo the talk of rhapsodes as they once upon a time practiced their art - and even as they once upon a time spoke about this art."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.