All Outputs (8)

The Profession of Mousik? in Classical Greece (2020)
Book Chapter

Inner Nature and Outward Appearance in Euripides' Electra (2019)
Journal Article

This paper presents a new interpretation of Euripides’ Electra centred on the issue of hereditary excellence. The question of how nobility is to be defined and recognised forms a unifying theme of this work and is of crucial importance for the develo... Read More about Inner Nature and Outward Appearance in Euripides' Electra.

»There’s nothing worse than athletes«: criticism of athletics and professionalism in the archaic and classical periods (2019)
Journal Article

Victory in the great athletic games was widely seen in the Greek world as one of the summits of human achievement. Yet a surprisingly large number of texts present a negative view of athletics, including Xenophanes fr. 2 West and Euripides fr. 282 Tr... Read More about »There’s nothing worse than athletes«: criticism of athletics and professionalism in the archaic and classical periods.

Ion of Chios: the case of a foreign poet in classical Sparta (2018)
Journal Article

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, specificall... Read More about Ion of Chios: the case of a foreign poet in classical Sparta.

Ezekiel’s Exagoge : a typical Hellenistic tragedy? (2018)
Journal Article

A reconstruction of the play shows that it does not violate the conventions of fifth-century tragedy about time and space but rather is consistent in theme and in staging with attested features of classical drama.

Greek tragedy on the move: the birth of a panhellenic art form c.500-300 BC (2017)
Book

This work is the first full-length study of the dissemination of Greek tragedy in the earliest period of the history of drama. In recent years, especially with the growth of reception studies, scholars have become increasingly interested in studying... Read More about Greek tragedy on the move: the birth of a panhellenic art form c.500-300 BC.

Professionalism and the poetic persona in archaic Greece (2016)
Journal Article

Greek poets of the archaic period, though often characterised as amateur aristocrats, could also seek to present themselves as professionals – regular practitioners of a specialist skill (τέχνη). In this capacity, the poet is understood to work prima... Read More about Professionalism and the poetic persona in archaic Greece.

An ancient theatre dynasty: the elder Carcinus, the young Xenocles and the sons of Carcinus in Aristophanes (2016)
Journal Article

The elder Carcinus and his sons are mentioned, or appear on stage, as tragic performers in three plays by Aristophanes (Wasps, Clouds and Peace). They provide a unique insight into how the performance of tragedy could be (and frequently was) a family... Read More about An ancient theatre dynasty: the elder Carcinus, the young Xenocles and the sons of Carcinus in Aristophanes.