Homer : the resonance of epic / Barbara Graziosi & Johannes Haubold.
"Homer: The Resonance of Epic offers a new approach to the study of Homeric epic by combining ancient Greek perceptions of Homer with modern scholarship on traditional poetry." "In the first part of the book the authors argue that, in the archaic period, the Greeks saw the Iliad and O...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | London : Duckworth, 2005. |
| Series: | Classical literature and society.
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| Summary: | "Homer: The Resonance of Epic offers a new approach to the study of Homeric epic by combining ancient Greek perceptions of Homer with modern scholarship on traditional poetry." "In the first part of the book the authors argue that, in the archaic period, the Greeks saw the Iliad and Odyssey neither as literary works in the modern sense nor as the products of oral poetry. Instead, they regarded them as belonging to a much wider history of the divine cosmos, whose structures and themes are reflected in the resonant patterns of Homer's traditional language and narrative techniques." "Then, in Part II, they illustrate this claim by looking at some central aspects of the Homeric poems: the gods and fate, gender and society, death, fame and poetry. Each section shows how the patterns and preoccupations of Homeric storytelling reflect a historical vision that encompasses the making of the universe, from its beginnings when Heaven mated with Earth, to the present day."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 176 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-171) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0715632825 9780715632826 |
| FOLIO Link: | View instance in FOLIO |