Homer: the resonance of epic
by Graziosi, Barbara, Haubold, Johannes
fromClassical literature and society
Homer: the resonance of epic
by Graziosi, Barbara, Haubold, Johannes
fromClassical literature and society
Homer: the resonance of epic
by Graziosi, Barbara, Haubold, Johannes
fromClassical literature and society
"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…
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 pretext…
Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the history and legends of the Trojan War, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of the Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age.