The Craft of Poetic Speech in Ancient Greece

by Claude Calame

In this subtle, learned, and daring book, Claude Calame challenges his readers to rethink the very principles of mythmaking in the poetry and art of the ancient Greeks. The Craft of Poetic Speech in Ancient Greece subverts common assumptions about the relationships between poet and audience and challenges readers to rethink the very principles of mythmaking in the poetry and art of the ancient Greeks.

220 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Claude Calame (born in Lausanne 1943) is a Swiss writer on Greek mythology and the structure of mythic narrative from the perspective of a Hellenist trained in semiotics and ethnology as well as philology. He is a professor of Greek language and literature at the University of Lausanne and Director of Studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, in Paris.