Word And Image In Ancient Greece

The Book, Which Contains 50 Illustrations, Makes A Coherent And Important Contribution To A Subject Of Great Current Interest To Classicists Of All Disciplines. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors And Editors -- Illustrations -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part I. Images In Early Greece -- 1. Songs For Heroes: The Lack Of Images In Early Greece -- 2. The Uses Of Writing On Early Greek Painted Pottery -- 3. Tools Of The Trade -- Part Ii. Narrative And Image -- 4. Meaning And Narrative Techniques In Statue-bases Of The Pheidian Circle -- 5. Small World: Pygmies And Co. -- 6. Plato And Painting -- Part Iii. Image(ry) And The Stage -- 7. Vases And Tragic Drama: Euripides’ Medea And Sophocles’ Lost Tereus -- 8. EidÔla In Epic, Tragedy And Vase-painting -- 9. Placing Theatre In The History Of Vision -- 10. Social Structure, Cultural Rationalisation And Aesthetic Judgement In Classical Greece -- 11. Losing The Picture: Change And Continuity In Athenian Grave Monuments In The Fourth And Third Centuries Bc -- 12. Archaic And Classical Greek Temple Sculpture And The Viewer -- Programme Of The First Leventis Greek Conference -- Index Locorum -- Index Edited By N. Keith Rutter And Brian A. Sparkes. Title From Publisher's Bibliographic System (viewed On 21 Sep 2020). Revision Of Papers Originally Presented At A Conference Of The Same Name Held In Old College, University Of Edinburgh, On Mar. 5-6, 1999. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Issued Also In Print. English