Homer the classic

by Nagy, Gregory

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Title Statements

Full title :Homer the classic / Gregory Nagy

Summary

Homer the Classic is about the reception of Homeric poetry from the fifth through the first century BCE. The study of this reception is important for understanding not only the all-pervasive literary influence of ancient Greek epic traditions but also the various ways in which these traditions were used by individuals and states to promote their own cultural and political agenda. The aim of this book, which centers on ancient concepts of Homer as the author of a body of poetry that we know as the Iliad and Odyssey, is not to reassess the oral poetic heritage of Homeric poetry but to show how it became a classic in the days of the Athenian empire and later. This volume is one of two book stemming from six Sather Classical Lectures given in the spring semester of 2002 at the University of California at Berkeley while the author was teaching there as the Sather Professor.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University, Distributed by Harvard University Press
Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009

Notes

Homer the classic in the age of Virgil. Homer the classic in the age of Callimachus. Homer the classic in the age of Plato. Homer the classic in the age of Pheidias

The Physical Object

Description:vii, 641 s. : : ill.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780674033269, 0674033264
oclc:ocn768090596
LC Classification:PA4037
Dewey Decimal:883 .01

Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Epic poetry, Greek Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criti… Geschichte 460 v. Chr-19 v. Chr Greece Homer Oral tradition Oral tradition -- Greece Poésie épique grecque -- Histoire et cr… Tradition orale -- Grèce