What was the role of mousike in Greek life? Broader in its implications than the English "music," mousike, the realm of the Muses, lay at the heart of Greek culture. Yet, despite its centrality, its social and intellectual implications have rarely been investigated. In these new and specially commissioned essays leading experts analyze the political, religious, and ethical significance of musical performance in the classical Athenian city, and open up a new field of investigation in cultural history.
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This is an important collection of essays - for scholars, certainly, and for those interested in Athenian culture and society. The Journal of Classics Teaching
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Penelope Murray is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Warwick. Peter Wilson is University Lecturer in Classics and Fellow of New College, Oxford.
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As Aristophanes' chorus of mystic initiates proceeds across the stage in the parodos of the Frogs, it dismisses from its choroi 'whoever ... has not seen or danced the secret rites of the high-born Muses. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
theoric khoros, choral ritual, choral world, melic poetry, pyrrhic dancer, strophic responsion, choral form, armed dance, astral symbolism, choric dance, choral prayer, tragic choruses, choral dance, choral song, choral voice, choral performance, pipe music, new musicians, ethical training, mystery ritual, choral parts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Plato Rep, Great Dionysia, Plato Leg, Plato's Laws, Peter Wilson, Plato Laws, Dionysos Melanaigis, Marathonian Tetrapolis, Old Oligarch, City Dionysia, Oedipus Tyrannus, Plato's Republic, Ath Pol, Demetrios of Phaleron, Pythian Apollo, Arist Pol, Artemis Agrotera, Erythraean Paean, Peloponnesian War, Pindar's Paean, Plato Phaedr, Robert Parker New!
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theoric khoros, choral ritual, choral world, melic poetry, pyrrhic dancer, strophic responsion, choral form, armed dance, astral symbolism, choric dance, choral prayer, tragic choruses, choral dance, choral song, choral voice, choral performance, pipe music, new musicians, ethical training, mystery ritual, choral parts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Plato Rep, Great Dionysia, Plato Leg, Plato's Laws, Peter Wilson, Plato Laws, Dionysos Melanaigis, Marathonian Tetrapolis, Old Oligarch, City Dionysia, Oedipus Tyrannus, Plato's Republic, Ath Pol, Demetrios of Phaleron, Pythian Apollo, Arist Pol, Artemis Agrotera, Erythraean Paean, Peloponnesian War, Pindar's Paean, Plato Phaedr, Robert Parker New!
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- Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles on page 85, page 122, and page 150
- Greece and Rome (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) by Joan R. Mertens in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Performance Culture and Athenian Democracy by Simon Goldhill in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides on page 61, and Back Matter
- Performance and Gender in Ancient Greece by Eva Stehle in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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