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Contextualizing Classics Ideology, Performance, Dialogue Essays in Honor of John J. Peradotto edited by THOMAS M. FALKNER NANCY FELSON DAVID KONSTAN ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Lanham * Boulder « New York * Oxford ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 4720 Boston Way, Lanham, Maryland 20706 http://www.rowrnanlittlefield.com 12 Hid's Copse Road Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9JJ, England Copyright © 1999 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Contextualizing classics : ideology, performance, dialogue : essays in honor of John J. Peradotto / edited by Thomas M. Falkner, Nancy Felson, and David Konstan. p. om. — (Greek studies : interdisciplinary approaches) Includes index. ISBN 0-8476-9732-0 (alk. paper). — ISBN 0-8476-9733-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) ]. Greek literature—History and criticism, 2. Greece—Civilization. 3. Classical philology. I. Peradotto, John, 1933- . IL. Falkner, Thomas M., 1947- . IIT. Felson, Nancy, 1943-- . IV. Konstan, David. V. Series: Greek studies. PA306].C66 1999 880.9'001—dc21 99-41472 CIP Printed in the United States of America =) The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of Amencan National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Matenals, ANSU/NISO Z39.48-1992. Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Series Editor: Gregory Nagy, Harvard University Assistant Editor: Timothy Power, Harvard University On the front cover: A calendar frieze representing the Athenian months, reused in the Byzantine Church of the Little Metropolis in Athens. The cross is superimposed, obliterating Taurus of the Zodiac. The choice of this frieze for books in Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches reflects this series’ emphasis on the blending of the diverse heritages—Near Eastern, Classical, and Christian—41n the Greek tradition. Drawing by Laurie Kain Hart, based on a photograph. Recent titles in the series are: Aglaia: The Poetry of Alcman, Sappho, Pindar, Bacchylides, and Corinna by Charles Segal Eurykleia and Her Successors: Female Figures of Authority in Greek Poetics, by Helen Pournara Karydas Immortal Armor: The Concept of Alke in Archaic Greek Poetry by Derek Collins Homeric Stitchings: The Homeric Centos of the Empress Eudocia by M. D. Usher Recapturing Sophocles ' Antigone by William Blake Tyrrell and Larry J. Bennett Nothing Is As It Seems: The Tragedy of the Implicit in Euripides ' Hippolytus by Hanna M. Roisman Lyric Quotation in Plato by Marian Demos Exile and the Poetics of Loss in Greek Tradition by Nancy Sultan The Classical Moment: Views from Seven Literatures Edited by Gail Holst- Warhaft and David R. McCann Nine Essays on Homer Edited by Miriam Carlisle and Olga Levaniouk Allegory and the Tragic Chorus in Sophocles ' Oedipus at Colonus by Roger Travis Dionysism and Comedy by Xavier Riu Contextualizing Classics: Ideology, Performance, Dialogue Edited by Thomas M. Falkner, Nancy Felson, and David Konstan This i ys is ἃ detail fram a painting, The Green Book of Aragon ff, by Harvey Breverman (State University of New York at Buffalo Art Department). Used by permission. Contents List of Abbreviations vii Preface ix Introduction: Retrospection on Classical Literary Criticism 1 Charles P. Segal Part I: Ideology 1 Theorizing Athenian Imperialism and the Athenian State 19 Peter W. Rose 2 Women and Democracy in Ancient Greece 41 Marilyn A. Katz 3 Utopia and Myth in Aristophanes’ Ecclesiazousae 69 Froma I. Zeitlin 4 Body / Politics: Is There a History of Reading? 89 Simon Goldhtil Part II: Performance 5 Homer and Plato at the Panathenaia: Synchronic and 123 Diachronic Perspectives Gregory Nagy 6 Sicilian Folktales, Cognitive Psychology, and Oral Theory 151 Joseph Russo 7 Madness Visible: Tragic Ideology and Poetic Authority 173 in Sophocles' Ajax Thomas M. Falkner νὶ Contents Part III: Dialogue Sophoklean Dialogues 205 Rachel Kitzinger The Figured Stage: Focalizing the Initial Narratives 221 of Herodotus and Thucydides Carolyn Dewald 10 Platonic Mimesis 253 Mitchell Miller Part IV: Contextualizing Classics 11 Gender Studies 269 Natalie Boymel Kampen 12 Cultural Studies and Classics: Contrasts and 285 Opportunities Seth L. Schein 13 From Film Analysis to Oral-Formulaic Theory: 301 The Case of the Yellow Oilskins Caroline Eades and Francoise Létoublon 14 Mass Market Romans 317 Martha A. Malamud 15 Arethusa and the Politics of Criticism 335 David Konstan Afterword: Τροφός δὲ κύματος νεοσπόρου: 347 Reflections on Editorship John J. Peradotto Index 353 About the Contributors 355 Abbreviations AbhBerlin Abhandlungen der Berlinische Akademie AJA American Journal of Archaeology AJP American Journal of Philology AncW Ancient World ANRW Aufstieg und Niedergang der rómischen Welt BICS Bulletin of the Institute for Classical Studies Classical Antiquity Classical Journal Classical Quarterly Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque, ed. P. Chantraine (4 vols. in 5), Paris 1968-80. Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies Harvard Studies in Classical Philology Jahrbuch des deutschen archüologischen Instituts Journal of Hellenic Studies Museum Helveticum Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft Past and Present Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica Real-Encyclopádie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft, ed. A. Pauly, G. Wissowa, and W. Kroll, Stuttgart 1894-. Rheinisches Museum Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archüologischen Instituts, Rómische Abteilung Transactions of the American Philological Association Yale Classical Studies Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik vii Preface On March 7-9, 1997, a conference was held at the University of Georgia, in Áthens, Georgia, on the subject of "Interdisciplinarity and the Classics." This conference, which was organized by the editors of this volume, honored John J. Peradotto's twenty years as editor-in-chief of the journal Arethusa from 1975 to 1995. Jack, as he is known to all in the classics profession, was and remains the Raymond Professor of Classics at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Through his service as editor of Arethusa, and by his publications and his presence as a leading figure in the transformation of the classics as a discipline and a profession in the past three decades, Jack has also been a beloved colleague to a great many scholars, including those who have contributed to this volume and the many who attended the Georgia conference. The conference, conceived as a tribute to Jack Peradotto, was at the same time an expression of gratitude on the part of all of us for the jour- nal Arethusa itself, and its contributions to innovations in both the theory and the practice of classical philology. Jack himself, in his closing remarks at the conference, which are partially reproduced in the After- word to this volume, sought to deflect some of the spotlight away from himself and on to the contributors to the journal, many of whom were present in the audience. The chapters that follow represent a selection from the paper ses- sions and workshops in the conference on "Interdisciplinarity." The con- ference itself, in the spirit of Jack's continual concern for new methods in teaching and research in the classics, ended with an open discussion on the future of the profession. We cannot reproduce the spirit of coopera- tion and spontaneous exchange that prevailed at this session, and throughout the conference. But we can share with a wider public some of the thoughts, problems, and conclusions that several speakers presented, and which occasioned a lively response both then and afterwards. ix
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