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…
"New Testament scholars have correctly suggested that the synoptic Gospels exist in some sort of textual relationship with one another. However, given the extent to which oral communication dominated ancient society, it is necessary to explore the possibility that some of the si…
"New Testament scholars have correctly suggested that the synoptic Gospels exist in some sort of textual relationship with one another. However, given the extent to which oral communication dominated ancient society, it is necessary to explore the possibility that some of the si…
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…