Performance and Culture in Plato's LawsAnastasia-Erasmia Peponi This volume is dedicated to an intriguing Platonic work, the Laws. Probably the last dialogue Plato wrote, the Laws represents the philosopher's most fully developed views on many crucial questions that he had raised in earlier works. Yet it remains a largely unread and underexplored dialogue. Abounding in unique and valuable references to dance and music, customs and norms, the Laws seems to suggest a comprehensive model of culture for the entire polis - something unparalleled in Plato. This exceptionally rich discussion of cultural matters in the Laws requires the scrutiny of scholars whose expertise resides beyond the boundaries of pure philosophical inquiry. The volume offers contributions by fourteen scholars who work in the broader areas of literary, cultural and performance studies. |
Contents
| 13 | |
EGYPTIAN MOUSIKB AND PLATOS | 67 |
PART TWO CONCEPTUALISING CHORALITY | 85 |
ALCOHOL AND OLD | 109 |
AND MOVING STATUES | 123 |
THE PHARMAKON | 243 |
IO PRAISE AND PERFORMANCE IN PLATOS LAWS | 265 |
TRAGEDY IN PLATOS LAWS | 294 |
THE RHETORIC OF RHAPSODY IN PLATOS LAWS | 313 |
COMEDY THRENODY | 339 |
PART FOUR POETRY AND MUSIC IN | 369 |
THE LAWS AND ARISTOXENUS ON THE CRITERIA | 392 |
Bibliography | 417 |
| 443 | |
Index of Platonic Passages | 453 |
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