Title: Plato's rhapsody and Homer's music
First published: 2002
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.
Subjects: Aesthetics, Aesthetics, Ancient, Ancient Aesthetics, Athena (Greek deity), Civilization, Cult, Epic poetry, Greek, Greek Epic poetry, History, History and criticism, Intellectual life, Literary style, Oral tradition, Oral-formulaic analysis, Panathenaia, Performing arts, Poetics, Transmission of texts, Epic poetry, history and criticism
Places: Athens, Athens (Greece), Greece
People: Homer, Plato
Time periods: To 1500
LC classification: PA4175 .N34 2002