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Homeric Contexts: Neoanalysis and the Interpretation of Oral Poetry

By Antonios Rengakos , Franco Montanari , Christos Tsagalis

Book information

Publisher
de Gruyter
Year
2012
ISBN
3110271958, 9783110271959
Google Books ID
jchEiK3X_qIC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7503308 bytes)
Series
Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes 12
Pages
X+698\709
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Epic poetryetc;Epic poetryGreek -- History and criticism;Oral tradition -- GGreek--History and criticism;Oral tradition--GreecGreek;CriticismHomeric;Memory in literature;Oral tradition;Epic pinterpretation

Description

This volume addresses questions concerning Neoanalysis and Oral theory, the two most fruitful schools of thought in Homeric criticism. It explores the development of Greek myth with respect to the Trojan war; the signs of heroic cult in Homeric poetry; the function of memory; the relation between the catalogue of ships and the Iliadic narrative; the tragedy of Achilles; the travels of Odysseus; the Telemachy and the Nostoi, the false tales and Crete; the imagery of Odyssean similes; language and formulas; the Epic Cycle; Hesiod and Homer; the epic of Alpamysh; the Iliad and the Epic of Gilgamesh.

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