The Rhapsodic Epic Poems as Oral and Independent Poems

Pavese, Cesare

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“…11.276) and Teiresias.132 The prime position of the Boeotians in the "Catalogue" is incongruous but not strictly relevant here. The "Catalogue" may be adapted from an earlier, independent work which described the assembly of the Greek fleet at Aulis in Boeotia, which would provide a motive for Boeotian prominence; the Catalogue may also be a Boeotian genre:Kirk (1985), 178-79 (or epic as a whole:Pavese [1998], 82), although the arguments for this are largely circular West (1988),. 168-69, attributes the "Catalogue" to Euboean poetic tradition.133 Hansen (1995b), 30, counts thirty-two locales without explanation; he has perhaps haphazardly included the three generals of 2.495 as locales.…”

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The Dancing Floor of War: A study of Theban imperialism within Boeotia, ca. 525-386BCE

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<p>This thesis is a reexamination of Thebes’ relationship with the neighbouring Greek poleis (city states) of Boeotia in early Greek history, including but not limited to the so-called Boeotian League or Confederation. Although it is generally acknowledged that Thebes was the dominant city of Boeotia in the Archaic and Classical Periods, scholarly opinion has varied on how to classify Thebes’ dominance. At some point in the period considered here, the Boeotian states gathered themselves together into a regional collective, a confederation. The features of this union (in which Thebes was the leading participant) obscure Thebes’ ambitions to subjugate other Boeotian states. I argue here that it is appropriate to define Thebes’ relationship with Boeotia as imperialist. I begin with a methodological consideration of the application of imperialism to ancient Greek history. The thesis considers in the first chapters three stages of development in Theban imperialism: firstly an early period (ca. 525) in which Thebes encouraged nascent Boeotian ethnic identity, promoting its own position as the natural leader of Boeotia. Secondly, a period (ca. 525–447) in which a military alliance of Boeotian states developed under the leadership of Thebes. Thirdly, a period which was the earliest true form of the Boeotian Confederation, contrary to scholarship which pushes the date of the Boeotian collective government back to the sixth century. I argue that the Boeotian federal constitution of 447–386 gave Thebes sufficient control of Boeotia to be classified as an imperialist structure. A final chapter independently considers the evidence of Boeotian coinage, which has often been used problematically to inform historical analysis of Boeotian relations. I argue that on cultural and economic grounds alone the numismatic evidence suggests that Thebes’ dominance in Boeotia extended to monetary influence.</p>

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The Resurrection of Homer in Imperial Greek Epic

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This book offers a radically new reading of Quintus' Posthomerica, the first account to combine a literary and cultural-historical understanding of what is the most important Greek epic written at the height of the Roman Empire. In Emma Greensmith's ground-breaking analysis, Quintus emerges as a key poet in the history of epic and of Homeric reception. Writing as if he is Homer himself, and occupying the space between the Iliad and the Odyssey, Quintus constructs a new 'poetics of the interval'. At all levels, from its philology to its plotting, the Posthomerica manipulates the language of affiliation, succession and repetition not just to articulate its own position within the inherited epic tradition but also to contribute to the literary and identity politics of imperial society. This book changes how we understand the role of epic and Homer in Greco-Roman culture - and completely re-evaluates Quintus' status as a poet.

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The Rhapsodic Epic Poems as Oral and Independent Poems

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The Dancing Floor of War: A study of Theban imperialism within Boeotia, ca. 525-386BCE

The Dancing Floor of War: A study of Theban imperialism within Boeotia, ca. 525-386BCE

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The Resurrection of Homer in Imperial Greek Epic

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