This anthology of 16 seminal studies of Homer's Iliad offers essential insights into the poem's artistry and cultural background. An authoritative introduction sets the papers in context and explores significant connections between them.
This anthology of 16 seminal studies of Homer's Iliad offers essential insights into the poem's artistry and cultural background. An authoritative introduction sets the papers in context and explores significant connections between them.
"This collection of essays sheds new light on the relationship between two of the main drivers of intellectual discourse in ancient Greece: the epic tradition and the Sophists. The contributors show how throughout antiquity the epic tradition proved a flexible instrument to navi…
"This collection of essays sheds new light on the relationship between two of the main drivers of intellectual discourse in ancient Greece: the epic tradition and the Sophists. The contributors show how throughout antiquity the epic tradition proved a flexible instrument to navi…
"This collection of essays sheds new light on the relationship between two of the main drivers of intellectual discourse in ancient Greece: the epic tradition and the Sophists. The contributors show how throughout antiquity the epic tradition proved a flexible instrument to navi…
"This collection of essays sheds new light on the relationship between two of the main drivers of intellectual discourse in ancient Greece: the epic tradition and the Sophists. The contributors show how throughout antiquity the epic tradition proved a flexible instrument to navi…
"This collection of essays sheds new light on the relationship between two of the main drivers of intellectual discourse in ancient Greece: the epic tradition and the Sophists. The contributors show how throughout antiquity the epic tradition proved a flexible instrument to navi…
Story of how the Greeks sailed to take back Helen and defeat the Trojans.
Story of how the Greeks sailed to take back Helen and defeat the Trojans.
"In this study the author shows that the demands made on the poet, who relies neither on rote memory nor on written notes, have led him to adopt certain memory-based strategies which have left their traces in the text. What we discover is that the poet in an oral tradition makes…
Bringing the Odyssey together with contemporary literary texts, this volume offers new readings that reframe, reorient, and ultimately revise aspects of Homer's iconic story of travel and home, prompting readers to ask new questions of that well-read text around the themes of im…
by Orsini, Pierre, Colluthus,, of Lycopolis
fromCollection des universites de France
by Orsini, Pierre, Colluthus,, of Lycopolis
fromCollection des universites de France