Cultural Poetics in Archaic Greece: Cult, Performance, Politics

1. Introduction; 2. Poetics of Power: The Interpretation of Ritual Action in Archaic Greece; 3. The Archaeology of Ancestors; 4. Divine Selection: Epiphany and Politics in Archaic Greece; 5. Hipparchos and the Rhapsodes; 6. The Seven Sages as Performers of Wisdom; 7. The Economy of Kudos; 8. Hero Cult and Politics in Herodotus: The Bones of Orestes; 9. It's Murder to Found a Colony; 10. Thucydides' Solonion Reflections; 11. The Athenian Revolution of 508/7 BCE: Violence, Authority, and the Origins of Democracy; Bibliography

"This book provides a fascinating insight into a range of cultural, historical, political and literary aspects of archaic Greece...the articles are very clearly written and usually execute the cross-disciplinary exercise with uncommon good sense."--Ancient History
"Some of the most interesting work in classical studies in the past twenty years."--Classical Philology