Thalia Delighting in Song: Essays on Ancient Greek Poetry (Phoenix Supplementary Volumes Book 53)

Emmet I. Robbins earned an international reputation as a scholar of ancient Greek poetry, possessing a broad cultural background and a command of many languages that allowed him to present sensitive and informed readings of poets from Homer to the tragedians. Thalia Delighting in Song assembles for the first time his work from 1975 through 1999, reflecting his close reading of the Greek texts and his firm grasp of their literary, historical and mythological contexts. Among the essays included in this volume are important reflections on the poetry of Homer, Alcman, Sappho, Pindar and Aeschylus. Also featured are Robbins' writings that situate Greek texts in their wider contexts, comparing Greek poetry and modern opera, for example, or assessing the enduring influence of myth in the Indo-European traditions, accounting for links between Greek literature and the poetry, sagas and songs of several other cultures. Thalia Delighting in Song ensures that the next generation of Classicists will continue to benefit from the insights of one of the foremost scholars in the field. Public Poetry : Alcman, Stesichorus, Simonides, Pindar, Bacchylides -- The Education Of Achilles -- Achilles To Thetis : Iliad 1.365-412 -- Alcman's Partheneion : Legend And Choral Ceremony -- 'every Time I Look At You...' : Sappho Thirty-one -- Who's Dying In Sappho Fr. 94? -- Sappho Fr. 94 : A Further Note -- Sappho, Aphrodite, And The Muses -- Heracles, The Hyperboreans, And The Hind : Pindar, Ol. 3 -- Intimations Of Immortality : Pindar, Ol. 3.34-5 -- The Broken Wall, The Burning Roof And Tower : Pindar, Ol. 8.31-46 -- The Gifts Of The Gods : Pindar's Third Pythian -- Jason And Cheiron : The Myth Of Pindar's Fourth Pythian -- Cyrene And Cheiron : The Myth Of Pindar's Ninth Pythian -- Pindar's Oresteia And The Tragedians -- Nereids With Golden Distaffs : Pindar, Nem. 5 -- The Divine Twins In Early Greek Poetry -- Famous Orpheus -- To Be Redeemed From Fire By Fire : The Deaths Of Heracles And Siegfried. Emmet I. Robbins ; Edited By Bonnie Maclachlan. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Emmet I. Robbins earned an international reputation as a scholar of ancient Greek poetry, possessing a broad cultural background and a command of many languages that allowed him to present sensitive and informed readings of poets from Homer to the tragedians. __Thalia Delighting in Song__ assembles for the first time his work from 1975 through 1999, reflecting his close reading of the Greek texts and his firm grasp of their literary, historical and mythological contexts.