Felix J Meister
Biographic Data
| ID | 5635620 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Felix J Meister |
| GIVEN NAMES | Felix J |
| FAMILY NAME | Meister |
| SIGNATURE | MEISTER F J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cologne |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-8716-5257 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Divine Happiness and Beauty in Wedding Songs
This chapter argues that songs performed at archaic and classical weddings conventionally present the happiness of the bridal couple as similar to divine bliss, and the beauty (mostly) of the bride as similar to divine splendour. A first section is dedicated to the history and traditions of wedding songs and the nature of the sources. Subsequent sections examine the various explicit and implicit means by which bridal couples are likened to the go…
Divine Power in Tragedy
This chapter pursues comparisons between characters of Greek drama with the gods on the grounds of power. The first part examines such comparisons in the context of supplication in tragedy, and similar contexts in comedy, where suppliants perceive saviour figures as more than mortal. Since these passages are determined by their ritual context, they shed further light on the argument, formulated in the preceding chapters of this book, that individ…
Introduction
This chapter starts with a general description of concepts of divinity in archaic and classical Greek literature based on a distinction between quantitative and qualitative aspects of divine life. It argues that humans may approximate to these aspects only separately, and sets out approximation to the qualitative aspects as the object of this monograph. To illustrate this kind of approximation, the Introduction then pursues comparable notions in …
Divine Happiness in the Victory Ode
This chapter aims to show that Pindar’s victory odes present athletic victors as enjoying, during the victory celebration, a moment of divine bliss as a reward for their achievement. The first part develops a general perspective on the themes of immortality and divinity in Pindar’s odes. Of particular interest are mythical narratives comprising a hero’s exploits and the subsequent reward in the form of his immortalization. This chapter argues tha…
Epilogue
The last chapter of this book summarizes and juxtaposes the arguments of the preceding chapters. Wedding songs, victory odes, and tragedy are compared regarding, first, the temporal framework in which the praise of their protagonists is placed, second, the use of myth and its evocative powers, and third, the role of ritual and its effect on the ways that mortal figures are compared to the gods. Ritual is further emphasized as a hermeneutical tool…
Hieron and Zeus in Pindar
Greek Praise Poetry and the Rhetoric of Divinity
This monograph focuses on passages of archaic and classical Greek poetry where certain human individuals in certain moments are presented as approximating to the gods. The approximation pursued is different from any form of immortality, be it apotheosis, hero cult, or fame preserved in song. Instead, this monograph is concerned with the momentary attainment of central aspects characteristic of divine life, such as supreme happiness, unsurpassed b…
Greek Praise Poetry and the Rhetoric of Divinity
This monograph focuses on passages of archaic and classical Greek poetry where certain human individuals in certain moments are presented as approximating to the gods. The approximation pursued is different from any form of immortality, be it apotheosis, hero cult, or fame preserved in song. Instead, this monograph is concerned with the momentary attainment of central aspects characteristic of divine life, such as supreme happiness, unsurpassed b…
Divine Happiness and Beauty in Wedding Songs
This chapter argues that songs performed at archaic and classical weddings conventionally present the happiness of the bridal couple as similar to divine bliss, and the beauty (mostly) of the bride as similar to divine splendour. A first section is dedicated to the history and traditions of wedding songs and the nature of the sources. Subsequent sections examine the various explicit and implicit means by which bridal couples are likened to the go…
Divine Power in Tragedy
This chapter pursues comparisons between characters of Greek drama with the gods on the grounds of power. The first part examines such comparisons in the context of supplication in tragedy, and similar contexts in comedy, where suppliants perceive saviour figures as more than mortal. Since these passages are determined by their ritual context, they shed further light on the argument, formulated in the preceding chapters of this book, that individ…
Introduction
This chapter starts with a general description of concepts of divinity in archaic and classical Greek literature based on a distinction between quantitative and qualitative aspects of divine life. It argues that humans may approximate to these aspects only separately, and sets out approximation to the qualitative aspects as the object of this monograph. To illustrate this kind of approximation, the Introduction then pursues comparable notions in …
Divine Happiness in the Victory Ode
This chapter aims to show that Pindar’s victory odes present athletic victors as enjoying, during the victory celebration, a moment of divine bliss as a reward for their achievement. The first part develops a general perspective on the themes of immortality and divinity in Pindar’s odes. Of particular interest are mythical narratives comprising a hero’s exploits and the subsequent reward in the form of his immortalization. This chapter argues tha…
Epilogue
The last chapter of this book summarizes and juxtaposes the arguments of the preceding chapters. Wedding songs, victory odes, and tragedy are compared regarding, first, the temporal framework in which the praise of their protagonists is placed, second, the use of myth and its evocative powers, and third, the role of ritual and its effect on the ways that mortal figures are compared to the gods. Ritual is further emphasized as a hermeneutical tool…
Hieron and Zeus in Pindar
Greek Praise Poetry and the Rhetoric of Divinity
This monograph focuses on passages of archaic and classical Greek poetry where certain human individuals in certain moments are presented as approximating to the gods. The approximation pursued is different from any form of immortality, be it apotheosis, hero cult, or fame preserved in song. Instead, this monograph is concerned with the momentary attainment of central aspects characteristic of divine life, such as supreme happiness, unsurpassed b…
Classical Antiquity Studies (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Literature (5 works) · Theology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Divinity (3 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works)