ENGLISH

Homer on Life and Death

By Jasper Griffin

Book information

Publisher
Clarendon Press
Year
1983
ISBN
0198140266 / 9780198140269
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12715175 bytes)
Pages
232\232
Topic
History
Time added
2018-10-13 19:28:06

Description

This book demonstrates how Homeric poetry manages to confer significance on persons and actions, interpreting the world and the lives of the people who inhabit it. Taking central themes like characterization, death, and the gods, the author argues that current ideas of the limitations of "oral poetry" are unreal, and that Homer embodies a view of the world both unique and profound.

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