Introduction

Chapter 1. Homer and Plato at the Panathenaia

Chapter 2. Epic as Music: Rhapsodic Models of Homer in Plato's Timaeus and Critias

Chapter 3. Humnos in Homer and Plato: Weaving the Robe of the Goddess

Appendix. Rhapsodes and Actors

Bibliography

Index

Gregory Nagy is Jones Professor of Classical Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University, and the Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University.

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