In Homer's Traditional Art, Foley addresses three crucially interlocking areas that lead us to a fuller appreciation of the Homeric poems. He first explores the reality of Homer as their actual author, examining historical and comparative evidence to propose that "Homer" is a le…
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 resonance of epic
by Graziosi, Barbara, Haubold, Johannes
fromClassical literature and society
This book offers a new approach to the study of Homeric epic by combining ancient Greek perceptions of Homer with up-to-date scholarship on traditional poetry. Part I argues that, in the archaic period, the Greeks saw the lliad and Odyssey neither as literary works in the modern…
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…
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…
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.
