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Ion of Chios: the case of a foreign poet in classical Sparta (2018)
Journal Article
Edmund, S. (2018). Ion of Chios: the case of a foreign poet in classical Sparta. Classical Quarterly, 68(2), 394-407. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838819000016

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
Stewart, E. J. (2018). Ezekiel’s Exagoge : a typical Hellenistic tragedy?. Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, 58(2), 223-252

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.