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.
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.
Deborah Tarn Steiner is the John Jay Professor of Greek in the Classics Department of Columbia University; her work focuses on archaic and early Classical Greek poetry, art and architecture and treats intersections between the different media. Earlier publications include articles on lyric poetry and archaic artefacts and books on metaphor in Pindar, myths and images of writing in early Greece, representations of sculpted images in Greek poets, philosophers and prose writers and a commentary on two books of the Odyssey.
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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.
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.
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