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A New Companion to Homer

By Barry B. Powell , Ian Morris (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
1997
ISBN
9004099891, 9789004099890
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
58 MB (61007032 bytes)
Series
Mnemosyne Supplementum 163
Pages
764\764
Topic
History
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-03-19 08:04:12

Description

This volume is the first English-language survey of Homeric studies to appear for more than a generation, and the first such work to attempt to cover all fields comprehensively. Thirty leading scholars from Europe and America provide short, authoritative overviews of the state of knowledge and current controversies in the many specialist divisions in Homeric studies. The chapters pay equal attention to literary, mythological, linguistic, historical, and archaeological topics, ranging from such long-established problems as the "Homeric Question" to newer issues like the relevance of narratology and computer-assisted quantification. The collection, the third publication in Brill's handbook series, "The Classical Tradition," will be valuable at every level of study - from the general student of literature to the Homeric specialist seeking a general understanding of the latest developments across the whole range of Homeric scholarship.

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