Bøker av Gloria Ferrari

"The Partheneion", or 'maiden song,' composed in the seventh century BCE by the Spartan poet Alcman, is the earliest substantial example of a choral lyric. This title excavates the poem's invocations of widespread and cosmological ideas that cast the universe as perfectly harmonious and invested its workings with an ethical dimension.

Over the past 200 years, thousands of ancient Greek vases have been unearthed. Yet debate continues about what the images depicted on these vases actually meant to ancient Greek viewers. This work demonstrates how the study of visual images will enrich understanding of the ancient world.