Performance and Gender in Ancient Greece: Nondramatic Poetry in Its Setting

Like love, Greek poetry was not for hereafter, writes Eva Stehle, but shared in the present mirth and laughter of festival, ceremony, and party. Describing how men and women, young and adult, sang or recited in public settings, Stehle treats poetry as an occasion for the performer’s self-presentation. She discusses a wide range of pre-Hellenist