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Choral Constructions in Greek Culture: The Idea of the Chorus in the Poetry, Art and Social Practices of the Archaic and Early Classical Period

Autor Deborah Tarn Steiner
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 dec 2022
Why did the Greeks of the archaic and early Classical period join in choruses that sang and danced on public and private occasions? This book offers a wide-ranging exploration of representations of chorality in the poetry, art and material remains of early Greece in order to demonstrate the centrality of the activity in the social, religious and technological practices of individuals and communities. Moving from a consideration of choral archetypes, among them cauldrons, columns, Gorgons, ships and halcyons, the discussion then turns to an investigation of how participation in choral song and dance shaped communal experience and interacted with a variety of disparate spheres that include weaving, cataloguing, temple architecture and inscribing. The study ends with a treatment of the role of choral activity in generating epiphanies and allowing viewers and participants access to realms that typically lie beyond their perception.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107527577
ISBN-10: 1107527570
Pagini: 783
Dimensiuni: 244 x 170 x 45 mm
Greutate: 1.23 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Choreia at the Forge: Tripod Cauldrons, Golden Maidens and the Choral Dancers on Achilles' Shield in Iliad 18; 2. From the Demonic to the Divine: Gorgons, Cauldrons and Choral Dance; 3. Flying with the Birds: Avian Choreia and Bird Choruses in Art and Text; 4. The Carnival of the Animals: Dancing in Herds; 5. Water Music: Nymphs, Ships and Choral Aquatics; 6. A Chorus of Columns: Pindar's Agalmata and the Architectural Chorus; 7. Choral Fabrications: Weaving, Cloth-Making and Choral Song and Dance; 8. Choreography: Choreia and Alphabetic Writing; 9. Girls in Lines: Catalogues and Choruses; 10. Choral Envisioning: Archaic and Early Classical Choral Lyric and Post-classical Accounts of Enargeia; Bibliography; Index.

Recenzii

'… attractive and wide-ranging book … Steiner approaches ancient “chorality” first through a systematic examination on common verbal and visual metaphors (stars, dolphins, cranes, satyrs), and then by exploring ways in which dance was implicated in social aspects of Greek life and how viewers responded to it.' Armand D'Angour, Choral Constructions in Greek Literature
'At over seven hundred pages, this tome is rich with sources and ideas … The basic idea that a chorus has a complex materiality is powerful. Scholars will find here a trove of useful ideas and associations about that materiality.' Daniel Anderson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Demonstrates the centrality of chorality in the social, religious and technological practices of individuals and communities.