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- Title
From Themistocles to Philomathes: Amousos and amousia in Antiquity and the Early Modern Period.
- Authors
Harmon, Roger
- Abstract
The article looks into the association of Themistocles' "amousia" to a variety of issues. Ancient and Early Modern authors emancipated "amousia" from its original context and instrumentalized it according to their own agendas. Themistocles was very wise in spite of his amousia and his music is of unquestionable value. Themistocles' "amousia" raised questions whose counterpoint to the deeds of music's heroes resonated for some 2000 years and exemplified ancient and Early Modern ways and byways of the Classical Tradition. Furthermore, the accounts of Themistocles' and Philomathes' humiliation reveal the symposium, ancient and Early Modern, as the kind of social ritual by which groups define themselves while excluding those who do not "belong," and musical training as the prerogative of a privileged elite.
- Subjects
CLASSICAL antiquities; CLASSICAL civilization; ANCIENT civilization; ANCIENT ethics; MUSIC &; society; MUSIC &; history; MUSIC history; ANCIENT history
- Publication
International Journal of the Classical Tradition, 2003, Vol 9, Issue 3, p351
- ISSN
1073-0508
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF02898870