Ion of Chios: the case of a foreign poet in classical Sparta
This paper aims to reassess one piece of evidence for the performance of music and poetry in classical Sparta: an elegy by the Chian poet Ion (fr. 27 West). It is argued here that this poem evokes the atmosphere of a Spartan festival and, specifically, a symposium held as part of that festival. Ion...
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Cambridge University Press
2017
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50695/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50695/3/Ion%20of%20Chios.pdf |