Wandering Poets in Ancient Greek Culture: Travel, Locality and Pan-Hellenism Book

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1 Introduction Richard Hunter Hunter, Richard Ian Rutherford Rutherford, Ian 1

2 Hittite and Greek perspectives on travelling poets, texts and festivals Mary R. Bachvarova Bachvarova, Mary R. 23

3 Thamyris the Thracian: the archetypal wandering poet? Peter Wilson Wilson, Peter 46

4 Read on arrival Richard P. Martin Martin, Richard P. 80

5 Wandering poets, archaic style Ewen Bowie Bowie, Ewen 105

6 Defining local identities in Greek lyric poetry Giovan Battista D'Alessio D'Alessio, Giovan Battista 137

7 Wandering poetry, 'travelling' music: Timotheus' muse and some case-studies of shifting cultural identities Lucia Prauscello Prauscello, Lucia 168

8 Epigrammatic contests, poeti vaganti and local history Andrej Petrovic Petrovic, Andrej 195

9 World travellers: the associations of Artists of Dionysus Sophia Aneziri Aneziri, Sophia 217

10 Aristodama and the Aetolians: an itinerant poetess and her agenda Ian Rutherford Rutherford, Ian 237

11 Travelling memories in the Hellenistic world Angelos Chaniotis Chaniotis, Angelos 249

Bibliography 270

Index 307