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"From Euripides’ tragedy to Plato’s philosophy, up to the erudite Callimachean poetry, an interesting association can be observed between mentions of Delos and its swans and the transition from the threnodic expression of sorrow to the... more
This paper argues that the interplay between the narrative and performance of Pindar’s eighth paean embeds it within the physical environment of Delphi, at the site of the Alcmaeonid temple for which it was composed. The use of... more
The antistrophic section of Ion’s monody (Eur. Ion 112-143) is formally a paean, but on the level of the content paean’s traditional elements are used in a peculiar way, intermingled with other ones that are unusual for this choral genre.... more
The paper is the first part of S. Barbantani’s contribution "Lyric for the Rulers, Lyric for the People: The Transformation of Some Lyric Subgenres in Hellenistic Poetry", in E. Sistakou (ed.), "Hellenistic Lyricism: Traditions and... more
Η υγειονομική και κοινωνική κρίση λόγω της πανδημίας COVID-19, ανέδειξε την ανομοιογενή κι υφέρπουσα ευαλωτότητα στον πλανήτη. Ταυτόχρονα, την ανάγκη να «συμβαδίσει» η ανθρωπότητα για την αντιμετώπιση της. Η πανδημία αυτή δεν υπήρξε η... more
The use of apotropaic prayers or wishes by female tragic choruses has not been left unnoticed by contemporary scholars. In Aeschylus’ Seven against Thebes, the members of the female chorus sing apotropaic prayers for the salvation of the... more
"From Euripides’ tragedy to Plato’s philosophy, up to the erudite Callimachean poetry, an interesting association can be observed between mentions of Delos and its swans and the transition from the threnodic expression of... more
At Aeschylus Agamemnon 985 the manuscript reading ψαμμίας ἀκάτα is corrupt, giving neither meter nor sense. Wilamowitz’ conjecture ψάμμος ἄμπτα has met with some editorial approval, but its sense is dubious and should be rejected. I... more
Der Dionysus-Paian des Philodamos Scarphaeus, ein Beispiel epigraphicher Paiandichtung aus dem 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr., gilt im Rahmen der erhaltenen Paiane und in Bezug auf gängige Definitionen dieses Genres als atypischer Paian. Vor... more