| Homeric Contexts: Neoanalysis and the Interpretation of Oral Poetry Contributor(s): Montanari, Franco (Editor), Rengakos, Antonios (Editor), Tsagalis, Christos C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3110271958 ISBN-13: 9783110271959 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $285.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 883.01 |
| LCCN: 2011028126 |
| Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.56 lbs) 708 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume addresses questionsconcerning 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 theIliadic 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. |