Music and the Muses : The Culture of Mousike in the Classical Athenian City

List of contributors ix List of illustrations x List of abbreviations xii Introduction 1(8) PENELOPE MURRAY AND PETER WILSON Part I Mousike and Religion 9(110) 1 Muses and Mysteries 11(28) ALEX HARDIE 2 Changing Choral Worlds: Song-Dance and Society in Athens and Beyond 39(28) BARBARA KOWALZIG 3 χomicronρòç epsilonκ τησδepsilon τóλepsilonωç (Xen. Mem. 3.3.12): Song-Dance and State-Pilgrimage at Athens 67(24) IAN RUTHERFORD 4 Dancing the Pyrrhiche in Athens 91(30) PAOLA CECCARELLI Part II Mousike on Stage 119(86) 5 Choral Prayer in Greek Tragedy: Euphemia or Aischrologia? 121(36) EVA STEHLE 6 Choral Forms in Aristophanic Comedy: Musical Mimesis and Dramatic Performance in Classical Athens 157(28) CLAUDE CALAME 7 Transforming the Nightingale: Aspects of Athenian Musical Discourse in the Late Fifth Century 185(22) ANDREW BARKER Part III The Politics of Mousike 205(102) 8 The Politics of the New Music 207(42) ERIC CSAPO 9 Damon of Oa: A Music Theorist Ostracized? 249(20) ROBERT W. WALLACE 10 Athenian Strings 269(38) PETER WILSON Part IV Mousike and Paideia 307(83) 11 Catharsis: The Power of Music in Aristotle's Politics 309(28) ANDREW FORD 12 Dirty Dancing: Xenophon's Symposium 337(28) VICTORIA WOHL 13 The Muses and their Arts 365(25) PENELOPE MURRAY Bibliography 390(41) Index 431