The Athenian Institution of the Khoregia: The Chorus, the City and the Stage

by Peter Wilson

Book Overview

This book is the first major study of the means by which the classical Athenians organised and funded their many festival choruses. It explores the mechanics of the institution by which a minority of rich citizens were required to arrange and pay for a festival chorus, including choruses for tragic and comic drama, and situates this duty within the range of occasions for elite leadership in Athens' elaborate festival calendar. Peter Wilson goes on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521542138
• ISBN13: 9780521542135
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.7"