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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
May 2021
Print publication year:
2021
Online ISBN:
9781316275436

Book description

Why did the Greeks of the archaic and early Classical period join in choruses that sang and danced on public and private occasions? This book offers a wide-ranging exploration of representations of chorality in the poetry, art and material remains of early Greece in order to demonstrate the centrality of the activity in the social, religious and technological practices of individuals and communities. Moving from a consideration of choral archetypes, among them cauldrons, columns, Gorgons, ships and halcyons, the discussion then turns to an investigation of how participation in choral song and dance shaped communal experience and interacted with a variety of disparate spheres that include weaving, cataloguing, temple architecture and inscribing. The study ends with a treatment of the role of choral activity in generating epiphanies and allowing viewers and participants access to realms that typically lie beyond their perception.

Awards

Co-winner, 2022 Goodwin Award, Society for Classical Studies

Reviews

'… attractive and wide-ranging book … Steiner approaches ancient “chorality” first through a systematic examination on common verbal and visual metaphors (stars, dolphins, cranes, satyrs), and then by exploring ways in which dance was implicated in social aspects of Greek life and how viewers responded to it.’

Armand D'Angour Source: Choral Constructions in Greek Literature

‘At over seven hundred pages, this tome is rich with sources and ideas … The basic idea that a chorus has a complex materiality is powerful. Scholars will find here a trove of useful ideas and associations about that materiality.'

Daniel Anderson Source: Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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