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Authorship and Greek Song: Authority,

Authenticity, and Performance
Studies in Archaic and Classical Greek Song, Vol. 3
Edited by Egbert J. Bakker, Yale University

Authorship and Greek Song is a collection of papers dealing with various aspects of
authorship in the song culture of Ancient Greece. In this cultural context the idea of the
poet as author of his poems is complicated by the fact that poetry in archaic Greece
circulated as songs performed for a variety of audiences, both local and global
March 2017 (Panhellenic). The volumes chapters discuss questions about the importance of the
Hardback singers/performers; the nature of the performance occasion; the status of the poet; the
ISBN:9789004339699 authority of the poet/author and/or that of the performer; and the issues of authenticity
List price: 114 / $132 arising when poems are composed under a given poets name. The volume offers
E-ISBN:9789004339705 discussions of major authors such as Pindar, Sappho, and Theognis.
Language:English, Greek
(ancient) READERSHIP:
Mnemosyne, Supplements, 402 Professional classicists (graduate students and scholars) interested in Greek poetry and
Imprint:BRILL questions of authorship in the ancient world

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