Timothy C Power
Rutgers University
I read Archilochus fr. 93a W (“Peisistratos’ son sailed to Thasos with men skilled in [?] pipe and lyre, bringing gifts for Thracian dogs….”) alongside an ethnomusicological observation in Theopompus: the Thracian Getae play lyres during treaty negotiations (FGrH 115 F 216). 93a criticizes, I suggest, the Naxians’ ingratiating appeal to this Thracian custom of musical diplomacy.
Session/Panel Title
Lightning Talks 2: Poetry and Language
Session/Paper Number
51.2
