02897nam 2200613 a 450 99620983570331620230829005245.01-281-14561-097866111456130-19-153773-X1-4356-2473-4(CKB)1000000000375184(EBL)737404(OCoLC)742333437(SSID)ssj0000086167(PQKBManifestationID)11123903(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086167(PQKBWorkID)10025433(PQKB)10967084(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073595(MiAaPQ)EBC737404(EXLCZ)99100000000037518420060223d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe dance of the muses[electronic resource] choral theory and ancient Greek poetics /A.P. DavidOxford Oxford University Press20061 online resource (300 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-171185-3 0-19-929240-X Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Choreia and the musical text -- The voice of the dancer : a new theory of the Greek accent -- The form of the hexameter : the origins of caesura and diaeresis -- The 'choral signifier' : the shaping of Homeric speech -- Retrogression, episode and anagogy : the round dance and narrative form -- The genesis of Homeric poetry (a brief synthesis) : the 'intemporizing' cataloguer -- The lyric orchestra.This book develops an authentic and at the same time revolutionary musical analysis of ancient Greek poetry. It departs from the abstract metrical analyses of the past in that it conceives the rhythmic and harmonic elements of poetry as integral to the whole expression, and decisive in the interpretation of its meaning. David offers a thoroughgoing treatment of Homeric poetics: here some remarkable discoveries in the harmonic movement of epic verse, when combined with some neglectedfacts about the origin of the hexameter in a 'dance of the Muses', lead to essential new thinking about the genesGreek poetryHistory and criticismTheory, etcGreek languageMetrics and rhythmicsGreek languageAccents and accentuationPoeticsHistoryTo 1500Greek poetryHistory and criticismTheory, etc.Greek languageMetrics and rhythmics.Greek languageAccents and accentuation.PoeticsHistory884/.0109David A. P599719MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996209835703316The dance of the muses2424517UNISA