Reconstructing Damon: Music, Wisdom Teaching, and Politics in Perikles' Athens
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Fifth-century Athenian musical and political theorist Damon was the first to study music's psychological, behavioural, and political effects, profoundly influencing debates on music theory throughout antiquity. Considered by Isokrates to be the most intelligent Athenian of his age, Damon worked alongside Perikles during the most vibrant decades of Athens' democracy. Probably using fourth-century BC sources, Olympiodoros records that 'Damon taught...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199685738
ISBN13:9780199685738
Release Date:November 2015
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:240 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.6"
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