Jessica M Romney
Biographic Data
| ID | 5634855 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica M Romney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica M |
| FAMILY NAME | Romney |
| SIGNATURE | ROMNEY J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7657-7573 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Laconian Deipnon in a Persian Skenē: Food-Based Identity Rhetoric in the Histories
This article examines two instances in the Histories (1.133.2, 9.82.1–3) where Herodotus compares Greek and Persian meals to one another. Although these comparisons appear to reinforce identity rhetoric which sets a Greek “Us” against a Persian “Them,” I argue that when situated within the larger narrative of the Histories and Herodotus’ discussions of ethnic foodways, the comparisons reinforce the basic similarity of Persians and Greeks as peopl…
Women in an Ancient Greek History Course: From Cameo to Part of the Whole
Current pedagogical models for ancient history/civilization courses treat women as a "tourist topic" (Mohanty 2003) as they are slotted into the course with little to no connection to the course of Greek/Roman history. Despite any intentions to diversify survey courses, tourist topics reinforce unquestioned binaries of power whereby (citizen) men act in ancient history while women (and others) are objects acted upon. This paper reviews current pe…
Lyric Poetry and Social Identity in Archaic Greece
Lyric Poetry and Social Identity in Archaic Greece examines how Greek men presented themselves and their social groups to one another. The author examines identity rhetoric in sympotic lyric: how Greek poets constructed images of self for their groups, focusing in turn on the construction of identity in martial-themed poetry, the protection of group identities in the face of political exile, and the negotiation between individual and group as see…
Group identity and archaic lyric
The symposion served as one of the primary social institutions informing the construction of elite identity in ancient Greece, and in the verses of Alcaeus of Mytilene it offers not only a space for the expression of a shared we-identity, but also a structural framework according to which the poet opposed his we-group to an out-group composed primarily by the tyrant Pittacus. This contribution applies a social identity perspective to both the stu…
Let Us Obey. The Rhetoric of Spartan Identity in Tyrtaeus 2W
This paper examines the construction of a civic we-identity in the fragments of Tyrtaeus’ Eunomia , focusing on fr. 2 and the strategies by which the poet sought to create a salient we-identity predicated on obedience to the Herakleidai/kings of Sparta and on a past history shared by speaker and audience. I end the paper with a comparison of Herakleid descent in fr. 2 with that in fr. 11 to demonstrate how the rhetorical presentation of identity …
Cowering Gumnētes: A Note on Tyrtaeus Fr. 11.35–8 W
The extended exhortation of Tyrtaeus fr. 11 W urges the audience to take up their shield and spears and fight in a defensive fashion, ‘placing foot against foot, leaning chest on chest’ (v. 31). The overt message of the poem is clear: do not shirk nor run away, but rather stand firm and fight. Within the poem, Tyrtaeus weaves a more subtle message, describing a hoplite group which derives its defining characteristics through possession of a stalw…
Cowering Gumnētes: A Note on Tyrtaeus Fr. 11.35–8 W
The extended exhortation of Tyrtaeus fr. 11 W urges the audience to take up their shield and spears and fight in a defensive fashion, ‘placing foot against foot, leaning chest on chest’ (v. 31). The overt message of the poem is clear: do not shirk nor run away, but rather stand firm and fight. Within the poem, Tyrtaeus weaves a more subtle message, describing a hoplite group which derives its defining characteristics through possession of a stalw…
Cowering Gumnētes: A Note on Tyrtaeus Fr. 11.35–8 W
The extended exhortation of Tyrtaeus fr. 11 W urges the audience to take up their shield and spears and fight in a defensive fashion, ‘placing foot against foot, leaning chest on chest’ (v. 31). The overt message of the poem is clear: do not shirk nor run away, but rather stand firm and fight. Within the poem, Tyrtaeus weaves a more subtle message, describing a hoplite group which derives its defining characteristics through possession of a stalw…
Let Us Obey. The Rhetoric of Spartan Identity in Tyrtaeus 2W
This paper examines the construction of a civic we-identity in the fragments of Tyrtaeus’ Eunomia , focusing on fr. 2 and the strategies by which the poet sought to create a salient we-identity predicated on obedience to the Herakleidai/kings of Sparta and on a past history shared by speaker and audience. I end the paper with a comparison of Herakleid descent in fr. 2 with that in fr. 11 to demonstrate how the rhetorical presentation of identity …
Group identity and archaic lyric
The symposion served as one of the primary social institutions informing the construction of elite identity in ancient Greece, and in the verses of Alcaeus of Mytilene it offers not only a space for the expression of a shared we-identity, but also a structural framework according to which the poet opposed his we-group to an out-group composed primarily by the tyrant Pittacus. This contribution applies a social identity perspective to both the stu…
Lyric Poetry and Social Identity in Archaic Greece
Lyric Poetry and Social Identity in Archaic Greece examines how Greek men presented themselves and their social groups to one another. The author examines identity rhetoric in sympotic lyric: how Greek poets constructed images of self for their groups, focusing in turn on the construction of identity in martial-themed poetry, the protection of group identities in the face of political exile, and the negotiation between individual and group as see…
Women in an Ancient Greek History Course: From Cameo to Part of the Whole
Current pedagogical models for ancient history/civilization courses treat women as a "tourist topic" (Mohanty 2003) as they are slotted into the course with little to no connection to the course of Greek/Roman history. Despite any intentions to diversify survey courses, tourist topics reinforce unquestioned binaries of power whereby (citizen) men act in ancient history while women (and others) are objects acted upon. This paper reviews current pe…
A Laconian Deipnon in a Persian Skenē: Food-Based Identity Rhetoric in the Histories
This article examines two instances in the Histories (1.133.2, 9.82.1–3) where Herodotus compares Greek and Persian meals to one another. Although these comparisons appear to reinforce identity rhetoric which sets a Greek “Us” against a Persian “Them,” I argue that when situated within the larger narrative of the Histories and Herodotus’ discussions of ethnic foodways, the comparisons reinforce the basic similarity of Persians and Greeks as peopl…
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