Wedding Poetics in Early Greek Literature

Andromache Karanika joins me in the Lesche to discuss how we can detect traces of wedding poetics in early Greek literature, especially poetry (hexamter and lyric). Andromache is the author of Wedding, Gender, and Performance in Ancient Greek Poetry (OUP 2024). Primary texts Iliad, esp. the Teikhoskopeia (Book 3) and the Deception of Zeus (Book 14)Odyssey, esp. the start of Book 6Homeric Hymn to DemeterSappho 21 (virginity poem), 44 (Wedding of Hector and Andromache)Pollux 9, on the "tortois...

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In Greek antiquity, a lesche (λέσχη) was a spot to hang out and chat. On this podcast, Brown University professor Johanna Hanink hosts conversations with fellow Hellenists about their latest work in the field.