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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Main Author: Graziosi, Barbara.
Other Authors: Haubold, Johannes.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:London : Duckworth, 2005.
Series:Classical literature and society.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part I : resonance
  • 1. The poet
  • 2. The poems
  • Part II : resonant patterns
  • 3. Gods, animals and fate
  • 4. Men, women and society
  • 5. Death, fame and poetry
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.