Dithyramb in Context
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9780199574681
Subjects: Dithyramb
Description: The editors look at dithyramb in its entirety, understanding it as a social and cultural phenomenon of Greek antiquity. How the dithyramb functions as a marker and as a carrier of social change throughout Greek antiquity is expressed in themes such as performance and ritual, poetics and intertextuality, music and dance, history and politics.