A History of Alcman’s Early Reception

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A History of Alcman’s Early Reception is written by Vasiliki Kousoulini and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1527533271 (ISBN 10) and 9781527533271 (ISBN 13).

This book constructs a history of Alcman’s early reception from the Archaic times until the Hellenistic period, from the composition of his poetry until its first attested systematic edition, taking into consideration the existence of a tradition of partheneia and its implications. Can it be suggested that the emerging book culture killed the “song culture”? Was Alcman an archetypal prototype of an archaic genre (partheneia) and regarded as a historical figure? This book answers such questions, arguing that the tradition of partheneia was never powerful enough, especially outside Sparta, in order to completely absorb the poet.