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Homer: the resonance of epic

by Graziosi, Barbara, Haubold, Johannes

fromClassical literature and society

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"Homer: The Resonance of Epic offers a new approach to the study of Homeric epic by combining ancient Greek perceptions of Homer with modern scholarship on traditional poetry." "In the first part of the book the authors argue that, in the archaic period, the Greeks saw the Iliad…

Nine essays on Homer

by Carlisle, Miriam, Levaniouk, Olga

fromGreek studies

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The essays in this collection addresses questions of intense interest in Homeric studies today: the questions of performance and poet-audience interaction, especially as depicted in idealized performances within the Iliad and the Odyssey; the ways in which epic incorporates mate…

Out of line: Homeric composition beyond the hexameter

by Clark, Matthew

fromGreek studies

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Building upon the groundbreaking work of Milman Parry and Albert Lord, Out of Line presents a new theory of Homeric composition, focusing on patterns that extend beyond the boundary of the line and the clause. Matthew Clark takes enjambment as a starting point, analyzing the tec…

Oxford readings in Homer's Iliad

by Cairns, Douglas L.

fromOxford readings in classical studies

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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.

Mummy wheat: Egyptian influence on the Homeric view of the aft…

by Griffith, R. Drew

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"Homer presents a world-view in which death represents the end of consciousness and total annihilation of personhood. Yet in Odyssey, Book Four, he contradicts this by saying that one man at least will not die, but will be transported to Elysium, where he will have a blessed exi…

Approaches to Homer, ancient & modern

by Burgess, Jonathan S., Rabel, Robert J.

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"Ten new essays, from a cast of (mainly) North American scholars, approach Homer with insights gained from the modern disciplines of psychology and anthropology, narratology, oral theory and cognitive research. But the contributors also attend to ancient modes of approach to the…

Reading the Odyssey: selected interpretive essays

by Schein, Seth L.

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"This wide-ranging collection makes available to specialists and nonspecialists alike important critical work on the Odyssey produced during the last half century. The ten essays address five major concerns: the poem's programmatic representation of social and religious institut…

The Ages of Homer: a tribute to Emily Townsend Vermeule

by Vermeule, Emily, Carter, Jane Burr, Morris, Sarah P.

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"The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer have fascinated listeners and readers for over twenty-five centuries. In this volume of original essays, collected to honor the distinguished teaching and research career of Emily T. Vermeule, thirty leading experts in Homeric studies and related …

Verbal dueling in heroic narrative: the Homeric and Old English traditions

by Parks, Ward

fromPrinceton legacy library

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This work is a rare cross-cultural study of one of the most universal dialogic genres: heroic flyting, or the verbal duel in which the heroes, prior to physical combat, make boastful claims that must be backed up through action in the arena of public contesting. Long recognized …

Verbal dueling in heroic narrative: the Homeric and Old English traditions

by Parks, Ward

0 Type: Book

This work is a rare cross-cultural study of one of the most universal dialogic genres: heroic flyting, or the verbal duel in which the heroes, prior to physical combat, make boastful claims that must be backed up through action in the arena of public contesting. Long recognized …

The Iliad: structure, myth, and meaning

by Louden, Bruce

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"Extending his distinctive analysis of Homeric epic to the Iliad, Bruce Louden presents new approaches to understanding the themes and story of the poem. In this study, he demonstrates how repeated narrative motifs argue for an expanded understanding of the structure of epic poe…

Homer and the artists: text and picture in early Greek art

by Snodgrass, Anthony M.

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This is a book about Homer, myth and art. The Iliad and Odyssey so dominate our view of ancient Greece that our natural reaction on viewing certain works of early Greek art is to identify them as 'scenes from Homer'. However, Anthony Snodgrass argues that, so far from 'illustrat…