Examines Greek songs composed between 440 and 323 BC and argues for the vividness and diversity of lyric culture.
Examines Greek songs composed between 440 and 323 BC and argues for the vividness and diversity of lyric culture.
Examines Greek songs composed between 440 and 323 BC and argues for the vividness and diversity of lyric culture.
Where does music come from? What kind of agency does a song have? What is at the root of musical pleasure? Can music die? These are some of the questions the Greeks and the Romans asked about music, song, and the soundscape within which they lived, and that this book examines. F…
"Where does music come from? What is at the root of musical pleasure? What can a song do? Are musical instruments endowed with magical power? Can music die? These are some of the questions that the Greeks and the Romans asked about music, song, and the soundscape within which th…