The Image of the Artist in Archaic and Classical Greece : Art, Poetry, and Subjectivity (Hardcover)

Introduction: 'I am Odysseus'; 1. Smikros and Euphronios: pictorial alter ego; 2. Archilochos, the fictional creator-protagonist, and Odysseus; 3. Hipponax and his make-believe artists; 4. Hephaistos in epic: analog of Odysseus and antithesis to Thersites; 5. Pictorial subjectivity and the Shield of Achilles on the Francois vase; 6. Frontality, self-reference, and social hierarchy: three Archaic vase-paintings; 7. Writing and invention in the vase-painting of Euphronios and his circle; Epilogue: persuasion, deception, and artistry on a red-figure cup.