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Poetry and Its Public in Ancient Greece: From Homer to the Fifth Century

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Poetry and Its Public in Ancient Greece: From Homer to the Fifth Century - Gentili, Bruno, Mr., and Cole, A Thomas, Professor (Translated by)
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In analyzing the formal and social aspects of this performance context, Gentili illuminates such topics as oral composition and improvisation, oral transmission and memory, the connections betweek poetry and music, the changing socioeconomic situation of the artist, and the relations among poets, patrons, and the public.

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Poetry and Its Public in Ancient Greece: From Homer to the Fifth Century 1990, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

ISBN-13: 9780801840197

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Poetry and Its Public in Ancient Greece: From Homer to the Fifth Century 1988, Johns Hopkins University Press

ISBN-13: 9780801832901

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