The specific virtue of solo Homeric performance has come into view: namely, the performer’s position between representation and action. The bard drifts within the space of half-acting; he does not merely alternate smoothly between narrating and enacting. Epic performance brings characters and objects into presence but also induces uncertainty as… Read more
Homer[1] and his audience knew Agamemnon as the primary leader of well over 1,000 Achaian ships that sailed against Troy.[2] He led an intense ten-year struggle, only to return home and die a miserable death at his wife’s hands. His presence in person or name impacts the poetic narratives of… Read more
For more than fifteen years, I have been studying the works of Sophocles. In class, in print, as well as in diverse academic settings, I have reflected on various aspects of his work. The more deeply I have immersed myself in his poetry, the more profoundly I appreciate his dramatic… Read more
