This paper is chiefly concerned with the circumstances in which early Greek elegy was performed. Section II argues that for our extant shorter poems only performance at symposia is securely attested. Section III examines the related questions of the meaning of elegos and the performance of elegies at funerals. Finally (IV) I try to establish…
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The Journal of Hellenic Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering Classical Antiquity Studies, Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History, Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies.
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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| Reference style | Numbered Numbered — [1], [2] in the text [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, The Journal of Hellenic Studies 12 (2023) 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Classical Antiquity Studies Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies Classical Philosophy and Thought Linguistics and language evolution |
| ISSN | 0075-4269 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 1.22 |
| h-index | 110 |
| i10-index | 1,116 |
| Total citations | 62,054 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University College London |
| Journal website | journals.cambridge.org |
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The study of recent ‘traditional’ Mediterranean rural economy has long been a predilection of ancient historians and archaeologists working in that area. Traditional practices and production norms have been used by ancient historians in the interpretation of the often enigmatic testimony of the ancient agronomic writers, while archaeologists have used the same information to fill…
There have been numerous attempts to understand the role and importance of the Great Dionysia in Athens, and it is a festival that has been made crucial to varied and important characterizations of Greek culture as well as the history of drama or literature. Recent scholarship, however, has greatly extended our understanding of the formation…
The Homeric poems are the subject of such a flood of print that a definite justification is needed by one who adds to it. Especially perhaps is this so if the Epic Cycle is to be involved; ‘enough and too much has been written about the Epic Cycle’, said T. W. Allen in 1908. My…
I begin with two modern texts, both as it happens printed on the first page of earlier issues of this journal, and each, I think, expressive of a strong body of opinion in Homeric scholarship, at least in the English-speaking countries, at the time of their writing. First, Miss Dorothea Gray in 1954: ‘Belief in…