Archaic Greek Epigram and Dedication. Representation and Reperformance.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag leicht besto�n, berieben und kleine Randl�ren, sonst sehr guter Zustand / dust jacket slightly scuffed, rubbed and small marginal tears, otherwise very good condition. - By the end of the archaic period, Greek sanctuaries were bursting with dedications, including many that bore epigrams. This study views dedications comprehensively as sites of ritual efficacy, and in particular it recovers epigrams� reflections of and contributions to that efficacy and restores them to an important place in the panorama of Greek religious practice. In order to reconstruct the archaic experience of reading and viewing, the book draws on studies of traditional poetic language as resonant with immanent meaning, early Greek poetry as socially and religiously effective performance, and viewing art as an active response of aesthetic appreciation. It argues that reading epigrams while viewing dedications generated effects of religious ritual and poetic performance, and that visual and verbal representation of the dedicator�s act of offering associated that rite with similar effects, thereby framing the experiences of readers and viewers as reperformances of the earlier occasion. / CONTENTS List of illustrations Preface List of abbreviations i (Re)presentation and (re)performance Questions about reception Straightforward representation A thesis: (re)presentation generates (re)performance The argument of the book Scholarly context Telesinos again 2 Contexts of encounters and the question of reading Did Greeks view dedications and read their inscriptions? Reading Mantiklos� epigram (CEG 326) Efforts to attract and guide reading Literary evidence for epigraphic literacy Circumstances of viewing and reading Table 1: How readings are attracted Table 2: How readings are guided 3 Presenting the dedication Naming the dedication agalma The theme of agalma Agalma as performance frame Agalma'. theme, frame, reperformance Appendix: How not to define agalma in inscriptions 4 Presenting the god Epigraphic divine names: representation and effects Activation of ritual: praising, conjuring, and constructing gods (Re)presentation of ritual: the Athenian Akropolis and the Panathenaia Conclusion: reperforming the Panathenaia 5 Presenting the dedicator Piety or display? The dedicators family The dedicators achievement, especially athletic Piety and display 6 Presenting the act of dedicating Charis-. then, now, forever The theme of charis The frame of charis The charis of the encounter The reperformance of charis Bibliography Index of inscriptions and passages discussed Greek index Subject index. ISBN 9780521896306