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@article{ART002678479},
author={Park, Jeongsook},
title={“Sing, Goddess!”, “Speak to me, Muse!”: Music, Musicians, and Women in Ancient Greece},
journal={Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology},
year={2020},
volume={28},
number={2},
pages={165-208},
doi={10.34303/mscol.2020.28.2.005}

TY - JOUR
AU - Park, Jeongsook
TI - “Sing, Goddess!”, “Speak to me, Muse!”: Music, Musicians, and Women in Ancient Greece
JO - Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology
PY - 2020
VL - 28
IS - 2
PB - The Korean Society for Musicology
SP - 165
EP - 208
AB - This study explores music culture of women in Ancient Greece. It is difficult to generalize socio-cultural characteristics of Ancient Greece because it consisted of several poleis (city-states). Although Greek was a shared language, each polis served its own god, which contributed to establishment of peculiar form of culture. However, Ancient Greece society strictly separates community between women and men and this distinction results in different socialization processes depending on type of sex. Therefore, this paper examines female musical activities of Ancient Greece that were isolated from those of the opposite sex. To trace women’s music-making, evaporated in Ancient Greek music history that focuses on philosophy and theory, this study closely reads several surviving writings and Attic vase painting. A lyric poetry-musician, Sappho of Lesbos led a female community. She is the only women whose name is specified with Ancient Greek poetry. Since then, astè, female citizens in Ancient Athens, were excluded in development of democracy as well as public society. They were not allowed to learn music, one of core elements of education for fostering ideal citizens, but participated in singing as chorus member in wedding ceremonies and religious festivities. As professional female aulos player from low social class, aulētris was hired for wedding rituals and festival procession. Above all, the aulos player was associated with Ancient Greek prostitution culture because of their participation in symposium that is exclusively male-dominated.
KW - Ancient Greece;Sappho;Astè;Hetaira;Aulētris;Attic Vase Painting
DO - 10.34303/mscol.2020.28.2.005
ER -

Park, Jeongsook. (2020). “Sing, Goddess!”, “Speak to me, Muse!”: Music, Musicians, and Women in Ancient Greece. Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, 28(2), 165-208.

Park, Jeongsook. 2020, "“Sing, Goddess!”, “Speak to me, Muse!”: Music, Musicians, and Women in Ancient Greece", Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, vol.28, no.2 pp.165-208. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2020.28.2.005

Park, Jeongsook "“Sing, Goddess!”, “Speak to me, Muse!”: Music, Musicians, and Women in Ancient Greece" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 28.2 pp.165-208 (2020) : 165.

Park, Jeongsook. “Sing, Goddess!”, “Speak to me, Muse!”: Music, Musicians, and Women in Ancient Greece. 2020; 28(2), 165-208. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2020.28.2.005

Park, Jeongsook. "“Sing, Goddess!”, “Speak to me, Muse!”: Music, Musicians, and Women in Ancient Greece" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 28, no.2 (2020) : 165-208.doi: 10.34303/mscol.2020.28.2.005

Park, Jeongsook. “Sing, Goddess!”, “Speak to me, Muse!”: Music, Musicians, and Women in Ancient Greece. Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, 28(2), 165-208. doi: 10.34303/mscol.2020.28.2.005

Park, Jeongsook. “Sing, Goddess!”, “Speak to me, Muse!”: Music, Musicians, and Women in Ancient Greece. Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology. 2020; 28(2) 165-208. doi: 10.34303/mscol.2020.28.2.005

Park, Jeongsook. “Sing, Goddess!”, “Speak to me, Muse!”: Music, Musicians, and Women in Ancient Greece. 2020; 28(2), 165-208. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2020.28.2.005

Park, Jeongsook. "“Sing, Goddess!”, “Speak to me, Muse!”: Music, Musicians, and Women in Ancient Greece" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 28, no.2 (2020) : 165-208.doi: 10.34303/mscol.2020.28.2.005