The first of its kind, A Companion to Ancient Aesthetics presents a synoptic view of the arts, which crosses traditional boundaries and explores the aesthetic experience of the ancients across a range of media oral, aural, visual, and literary. Investigates the many ways in which the arts were experienced and conceptualized in the ancient world Explores the aesthetic experience of the ancients across a range of media, treating literary, oral, aural, and visual arts together in a single volume Presents an integrated perspective on the major themes of ancient aesthetics which challenges traditional demarcations Raises questions about the similarities and differences between ancient and modern ways of thinking about the place of art in society

The first of its kind, A Companion to Ancient Aestheticspresents a synoptic view of the arts, which crosses traditionalboundaries and explores the aesthetic experience of the ancientsacross a range of media--oral, aural, visual, andliterary.* Investigates the many ways in which the arts were experiencedand conceptualized in the ancient world* Explores the aesthetic experience of the ancients across arange of media, treating literary, oral, aural, and visual artstogether in a single volume* Presents an integrated perspective on the major themes ofancient aesthetics which challenges traditional demarcations* Raises questions about the similarities and differences betweenancient and modern ways of thinking about the place of art insociety

Illustrations viiiNotes on Contributors ixAcknowledgments xivIntroduction 1Pierre Destrée and Penelope MurrayPart I Art in Context 151 Greece 17Richard P. Martin2 Figures of the Poet in Greek Epic and Lyric 31Deborah Steiner3 The Hellenistic World 47Graham Zanker4 Rome 68Thomas Habinek5 Music and Dance in Greece and Rome 81Eleonora Rocconi6 Greek Sculpture 94Rosemary Barrow7 Painting and Private Art Collections in Rome 109Agnès Rouveret8 Architecture and Society 128Catherine SaliouPart II Reflecting on Art 1419 Literary Criticism and the Poet's Autonomy 143Andrew Ford10 Poetic Inspiration 158Penelope Murray11 The Canons of Style 175Jeffrey Walker12 Sense and Sensation in Music 188Armand D'Angour13 Dance and Aesthetic Perception 204Anastasia?]Erasmia Peponi14 Greek Painting and the Challenge of Mimes¯ is 218Hariclia Brecoulaki15 Ways of Looking at Greek Vases 237François Lissarrague16 Displaying Sculpture in Rome 248Thea Ravasi17 Perceiving Colors 262M. Michela Sassi18 The Beauties of Architecture 274Edmund Thomas19 Stylistic Landscapes 291Nancy Worman20 Conceptualizing the (Visual) "Arts" 307Michael SquirePart III Aesthetic Issues 32721 Mimesis 329Paul Woodruff22 Fiction 341Stephen Halliwell23 Imagination 354Anne Sheppard24 Beauty 366David Konstan25 Unity, Wholeness, and Proportion 381Malcolm Heath26 The Sublime 393James I. Porter27 Poikilia 406Adeline Grand?]Clément28 Wonder 422Christine Hunzinger29 Tragic Emotions 438Christof Rapp30 Laughter 455Ralph M. Rosen31 Pleasure 472Pierre Destrée32 Art and Morality 486Elizabeth Asmis33 Art and Value 505Michael SilkIndex of Subjects 518Index of Ancient Texts Discussed 527