canon-formation

Previewing an essay on the shaping of the Lyric Canon in Athens

2018.12.06 | By Gregory Nagy The printed version of the essay that is mentioned in the title here is forthcoming as Chapter 4 in a book edited by Bruno Currie and Ian Rutherford, the title of which is The Reception of Greek Lyric Poetry 600BC–AD400, to appear in 2019. The title of my chapter for the book is “On the Shaping of the Lyric Canon in Athens.” Epitomized here is… Read more