ENGLISH

Homer and the Heroic Tradition

By Cedric Hubbell Whitman

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
1958
ISBN
9780674862845, 0674862848
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5635365 bytes)
Pages
365\381
Topic
Literature
Time added
2018-09-17 18:29:04
Ancient;Homère -- Personnages -- Héros;Homer;Epiartisticetc );MythologyGreekGreek -- History and criticism;Influence (LiteraryGreek;Oral tradition;Greece;Classical StudiesHomer -- Criticism and interpretation;Epic poetryin literature;Oral tradition -- Greece;Rhetoricother;Classical Studies

Description

The meaning of unity -- The memory of the Achaeans -- Athens, 1200-700 B.C. -- Festivals, Pisistratus, and writing -- Homer and geometric art -- Image, symbol, and formula -- Fire and other elements -- Homeric character and the tradition -- Achilles : evolution of a hero -- Fate, time, and the gods -- The geometric structure of The Iliad -- The Odyssey and change.

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