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The Athenian institution of the Khoregia: the chorus, the city and the stage
| Title | The Athenian institution of the Khoregia: the chorus, the city and the stage |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2000 |
| Authors | Wilson, P |
| Number of Pages | xv + 435 pp. |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| City | Cambridge |
| Keywords | agone, aristocrazia, Atene, coregia, democrazia, educazione, professionismo |
| Abstract | This book is the first major study of the means by which the classical Athenians organised and funded their many festival choruses. It explores the mechanics of the institution by which a minority of rich citizens were required to arrange and pay for a festival chorus, including choruses for tragic and comic drama, and situates this duty within the range of occasions for elite leadership in Athens' elaborate festival calendar. Peter Wilson goes on to show the importance of the khoregia to our understanding of the workings of Athenian democracy itself, and to demonstrate the degree to which the institution was itself a highly performative occasion, an opportunity for elite display in the democratic environment. The post-classical history of the khoregia and its appearance in a wide range of other Greek communities are also examined. [http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521542135] |
| Review(s) | BMCRev BMCR 2000.10.02 Josiah Ober; CW 2000-2001 94 (4): 418-419 Stuart Douglas Olson; LEC 2001 69 (3): 341-342 Geert Roskam; REA 2001 103 (3-4): 585-586 Jean-Charles Moretti; AC 2001 70: 447-448 Herman Van Looy; Athenaeum 2002 90 (2): 662-664 Nicoletta Marini; JHS 2002 122: 178-179 Stephen D. Lambert; Phoenix 2002 56 (1-2): 150-153 Eric Csapo; JCS 2003 51: 137-139 Shogo Hirata; QUCC 2003 n.s. 73: 153-156 Paola Ceccarelli; Mouseion 2003 3 (1): 75-77 C. W. Marshall; ZRG 2002 119: 653-655 Konstantin Sfiris; Arctos 2005 39: 269 Vesa Vahtikari; CB 2001 77 (1): 134-136 Ian Christopher Storey; Gnomon 2005 77 (6): 542-543 Horst-Dieter Blume |
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