Homer the preclassic

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Homer the Preclassic considers the development of the Homeric poems-in particular the Iliad and Odyssey-during the time when they were still part of the oral tradition. Gregory Nagy traces the evolution of rival ""Homers"" and the different versions of Homeric poetry in this pretextual period, reconstructed over a time frame extending back from the sixth century BCE to the Bronze Age. Accurate in their linguistic detail and surprising in their implications, Nagy's insights conjure the Greeks' n…

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Full title :Homer the preclassic / Gregory Nagy.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of California Press
Place of Publication:Berkeley
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2010.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xiii, 414 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780520950245, 0520950240, 1280102160, 9781280102165, 9786613520555, 6613520551
DOI:10.1525/9780520950245
oclc:ocn787846293
LC Classification:PA4037
Dewey Decimal:883/.01

Homer and the Athenian empire -- Homer outside his poetry -- Homer and his genealogy -- Homer in the Homeric Odyssey -- Iliadic multiformities -- Variations on a theme of Homer -- Conflicting claims on Homer -- Homeric variations on a theme of empire -- Further variations on a theme of Homer -- Homer and the poetics of variation.

Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Epic poetry, Greek Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criti… Greece History Homer LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classic… Oral tradition Oral tradition -- History -- To 1500. -… Poésie épique grecque -- Histoire et cr… To 1500