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Book SynopsisThe term "classical" is used to describe everything from the poems of Homer to entire periods of Greek and Roman antiquity. But just how did the concept evolve? This collection of essays by leading classics scholars from the United States and Europe challenges the limits of the understanding of the term.
Trade Review"In addition to his own outstanding introduction and essay, Professor Porter presents here works by true luminaries in the wide variety of fields that are touched by the issue of classicism in its many forms. The result is a highly significant work."
—Mark Fullerton, Ohio State University, author of Ancient Art and Its Historiography"This is an appealing and innovative book that will make a difference and attract considerable attention from all the sub-fields of what is conventionally known as Classics."
—Allesandro Barchiesi, Stanford University and the University of Siena, author of Speaking VolumesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Table vii Acknowledgments ix List of Abbreviations xi Introduction: What Is "Classical" about Classical Antiquity? by James I. Porter 1 Part I: The Deep Past: Bronze Age Classicism Chapter 1: "No Greater Marvel": A Bronze Age Classic at Orchomenos by Susan E. Alcock and John F. Cherry 69 Part II: Classical Innovations Chapter 2: Intimations of the Classical in Early Greek Mousik by Armand D'Angour 89 Chapter 3: Rehistoricizing Classicism: Isocrates and the Politics of Metaphor in Fourth-Century Athens by Yun Lee Too 106 Part III: Baroque Classics Chapter 4: Baroque Classics: The Tragic Muse and the Exemplum by Andrew Stewart 127 Part IV Latin Letters Chapter 5: From into PHILOSOPHIA: Classicism and Ciceronianism John Henderson 173 Chapter 6: The Concept of the Classical and the Canons of Model Authors in Roman Literature by Mario Citroni 204 Part V: Roman Art Chapter 7: Greek Styles and Greek Art in Augustan Rome: Issues of the Present versus Records of the Past Tonio Holscher 237 Chapter 8: Classicism in Roman Art by Jas Elsner 270 Part VI: Imperial Prose Chapter 9: Feeling Classical: Classicism and Ancient Literary Criticism by James I. Porter 301 Chapter 10: Quickening the Classics: The Politics of Prose in Roman Greece by Tim Whitmarsh 353 Coda Looking Back and Beyond Chapter 11: Athens as the School of Greece by Glenn W. Most 377 Bibliography 389 Contributors 431 Index 433
