Materiality and Aesthetics in Archaic and Classical Greek Poetry

Illuminates the reciprocal interaction between minds and materials as a fundamental feature of ancient Greek aesthetics Illustrates the cognitive vibrancy attributed to objects such as armor, textiles, and jewelry in Greek textsCombines new materialist and cognitivist theoretical approachesOffers innovative readings of passages from the Iliad , Odyssey , Works and Days , Theogony as well as from the works of Sappho, Alcman, Alcaeus, Pindar, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides Combining New Mater