- https://doi.org/10.1093/bics/qbae029
Epilogue
- Jan 24, 2025
- Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies
- Nita Krevans
Abstract
ABSTRACT This review considers the tensions and oppositions in the foregoing discussions of Hellenistic literature, music, art, and philosophy. Commonly accepted notions of Hellenistic aesthetics, especially the emphasis on refinement associated with Callimachus, are challenged by celebrations of grandeur and even dissonance. By focusing on three key pairs of aesthetic opposites (‘large versus small’, ‘sight versus hearing’, and ‘harmony versus discord’), a more nuanced version of Hellenistic aesthetics emerges, embodied in the notion of technē.
- # Notions Of Aesthetics
- # Pairs Of Opposites
- # Foregoing Discussions
- # Hellenistic Literature
- # Key Pairs
