Plato's rhapsody and Homer's music

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

People: Homer,  Plato

Places: Athens,  Athens (Greece),  Greece

Times: To 1500