ANHS1600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pankration, Panhellenic Games, Natural Disaster
30 Jul 2018
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Foundations of ancient greece study notes part 2. Song recitals were an integral part of daily life. Forged a powerful bond between singer/speaker and listening audience. Understanding of early greek poetry has undergone a revolution as a result of papyrus finds - alkman"s parthenia and bakchylides and fragments of simonides" elegy on the battle of plataia in 1992. Homeric poems provide reps of embedded lyric performances (paian. Apollo, threnos, mourning son, harvest song, wedding song. ) > epic and lyric must have co-existed throughout entire prehistory of greek literature. John stuart mills in the modern era eloquence is meant to be heard; poetry overheard. Greek lyric, in contrast, was always intended to be heard, not overheard. song served as a means of socialization and cultural education in the broadest sense. There was no schools so poetry in performance was a vital way of transmitting each individual their store of cultural knowledge, values, expectations, aspirations, social roles.
