Wallace, Robert W. - Reconstructing Damon

Reconstructing Damon is the first comprehensive study of Damon, the most important theorist of music and poetic meter in ancient Athens, detailing his extensive influence, and providing the first systematic collection, translation, and critical examination of all ancient testimonia for him.

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CONTENTS

Preface: Plato on Damon
Abbreviations and References
Introduction
Part I
1 Teaching and Wisdom Counsel
2 Damon's Ethos Theories of Music and Poetic Meter
3 Music and Politics
4 Damon after Plato
Conclusion
Part II
Testimonia and Commentary
Appendix 1: Did Damon Publish?
Appendix 2: Damon's Chronology
Appendix 3: The Ethos Theory
Appendix 4: Four Questions
Conspectus of Testimonia
Select Bibliography
Index Locorum
General Index