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Zusatztext There is much of interest here for scholars in the world of Greek performance Informationen zum Autor Peter Wilson is William Ritchie Professor of Classics at the University of Sydney. Klappentext A collection of essays, by leading international scholars, on the history of the Greek theatre, and on the wider context of festival culture in which theatrical activity took place in the Greek world. The emphasis is on the documentary material - inscriptions, archaeological remains and monuments - which provides so much of our 'hard' evidence for the activities of the theatre. Much of the important material discussed here is unknown except to specialists, and these studies offer access to its interpretation to a wider audience. They cover a wide range of time and place, from the earliest days of the Greek theatre to the Roman period, with special emphasis on the neglected Hellenistic period, which is especially rich in documentary evidence. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays, by leading international scholars, on the history of the Greek theatre, and on the wider context of festival culture in which theatrical activity took place in the Greek world. The emphasis is on the documentary material - inscriptions, archaeological remains and monuments - which provides so much of our 'hard' evidence for the activities of the theatre. Much of the important material discussed here is unknown except to specialists, and these studies offer access to its interpretation to a wider audience. They cover a wide range of time and place, from the earliest days of the Greek theatre to the Roman period, with special emphasis on the neglected Hellenistic period, which is especially rich in documentary evidence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: From the ground up I. Festivals and performers: some new perspectives 1: William Slater: Deconstructing festivals 2: Angelos Chaniotis: Theatre rituals 3: Sophia Aneziri: Artists' participation and the organization of music contests in the Hellenistic period: an attempt at classification II. Festivals of Athens and Attica 4: Eric Csapo: The men who built the theatres: theatropolai, theatronai, and arkhitektones 5: Hans Goette: Choregic monuments and the Athenian democracy 6: Peter Wilson: Performance in the Pythion: the Athenian Thargelia III. Beyond Athens 7: Paola Ceccarelli and Silvia Milanezi: Dithyramb, Tragedy - and Cyrene 8: John Ma: A Horse from Teos: epigraphical notes on the Ionian-Hellespontine Association of Dionysiac Artists 9: Brigitte Le Guen: Kraton, son of Zotichos: artists' associations and monarchic power in the Hellenistic period 10: Ian Rutherford: Theoria and theatre at Samothrace: the Dardanos by Dumas of Iasos 11: Charles Crowther: The Dionysia at Iasos: its artists, patrons, and audience 12: David Jordan: An opisthographic lead tablet from Sicily with a financial document and a curse concerning choregoi 13: Peter Wilson: Sicilian choruses ...
