Elizabeth Minchin, PhD (1990) in Classics, Australian National University, teaches Ancient Greek and Latin language and literature at the ANU. Her research field is Homer and memory. Recent publications are Homer and the Resources of Memory and Homeric Voices.Contributors include: Deborah Beck, Anna Bonifazi, Mathilde Cambron-Goulet, James Collins, David Elmer, Adrian Kelly, Jeroen Lauwers, Patrizia Marzillo, Jonathan Ready, Ruth Scodel, Niall Slater and McComas Taylor.

• ContentsPrefaceNotes on ContributorsIntroductionElizabeth MinchinPart IPoetry in PerformanceChapter 1 The Audience Expects: Penelope and OdysseusAdrian KellyChapter 2 The Presentation of Song in Homer's OdysseyDeborah BeckChapter 3Comparative Perspectives on the Composition of the Homeric SimileJonathon ReadyChapter 4Composing Lines, Performing Acts: Clauses, Discourse Acts, and Melodic Units in a South Slavic Epic SongAnna Bonifazi and David F. ElmerChapter 5Works and Days as PerformanceRuth ScodelPart IILiteracy and OralityChapter 6Empowering the Sacred: The Function of the Sanskrit Text in a Contemporary Exposition of the BhāgavatapurāṇaMcComas TaylorChapter 7Prompts for Participation in Early Philosophical TextsJames Henderson Collins IIChapter 8Performing an Academic Talk: Proclus on Hesiod's Works and DaysPatrizia MarzilloChapter 9The Criticism--and the Practice--of Literacy in the Ancient Philosophical TraditionMathilde Cambron-GouletChapter 10Reading Books, Talking Culture: The Performance of Paideia inImperial Greek LiteratureJeroen LauwersChapter 11Eumolpus Poeta at Work: Rehearsed Spontaneity in the SatyriconNiall Slater