Sung poems and poetic songs: Hellenistic definitions of poetry, music and the spaces in between

Simply by formulating a question about the nature of ancient Greek poetry or music, any modern English speaker is already risking anachronism. In recent years especially, scholars have reminded one another that the words ‘music’ and ‘poetry’ denote concepts with no easy counterpart in Greek. μουσική...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klavan, SA
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2020