Thalia Delighting in Song

Essays on Ancient Greek Poetry

AvEmmet I. Robbins,Bonnie MacLachlan

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Emmet I. Robbins earned an international reputation as a scholar of ancient Greek poetry, possessing a broad cultural background and a command of many languages that allowed him to present sensitive and informed readings of poets from Homer to the tragedians. Thalia Delighting in Song assembles for the first time his work from 1975 through 1999, reflecting his close reading of the Greek texts and his firm grasp of their literary, historical and mythological contexts.Among the essays included in this volume are important reflections on the poetry of Homer, Alcman, Sappho, Pindar and Aeschylus. Also featured are Robbins' writings that situate Greek texts in their wider contexts, comparing Greek poetry and modern opera, for example, or assessing the enduring influence of myth in the Indo-European traditions, accounting for links between Greek literature and the poetry, sagas and songs of several other cultures. Thalia Delighting in Song ensures that the next generation of Classicists will continue to benefit from the insights of one of the foremost scholars in the field.

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Utgivningsdatum:2013-06-17
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:352
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781442668218
Förlag:University of Toronto Press

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Emmet I. Robbins (1939–2011) was chair of the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto. Bonnie MacLachlan is an associate professor emerita in the Department of Classical Studies at Western University.

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Publications of Emmet RobbinsPrefacePublic Poetry: Alcman, Stesichorus, Simonides, Pindar, BacchylidesThe Education of AchillesAchilles to Thetis: Iliad 1.365–412Alcman’s Partheneion: Legend and Choral Ceremony‘Every Time I Look at You . . .’: Sappho Thirty-OneWho’s Dying in Sappho Fr. 94?Sappho Fr. 94: A Further NoteSappho, Aphrodite, and the MusesHeracles, the Hyperboreans, and the Hind: Pindar, Ol. 3Intimations of Immortality: Pindar Ol. 3.34–9The Broken Wall, The Burning Roof and Tower: Pindar, Ol. 8.31–46The Gifts of the Gods: Pindar’s Third PythianJason and Cheiron: The Myth of Pindar’s Fourth PythianCyrene and Cheiron: The Myth of Pindar’s Ninth PythianPindar’s Oresteia and the TragediansNereids with Golden Distaffs: Pindar, Nem. 5The Divine Twins in Early Greek PoetryFamous OrpheusTo Be Redeemed from Fire by Fire: the Deaths of Heracles and SiegfriedBibliographyIndex