A History of Alcman's Early Reception
Subtitle: female-voiced nightingales
By: by Vasiliki Kousoulini
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2019
Place of publication: New Castle upon Tyne, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9781527531666
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Description: This book constructs a history of Alcman's early reception from the Archaic times until the Hellenistic period, from the composition of his poetry until its first attested systematic edition, taking into consideration the existence of a tradition of partheneia and its implications. Can it be suggested that the emerging book culture killed the ""song culture""? Was Alcman an archetypal prototype of an archaic genre (partheneia) and regarded as a historical figure? This book answers such questions, arguing that the tradition of partheneia was never powerful enough, especially outside Sparta, in.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [121]-136) and index.