| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Trends in classics - supplementary volumes
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Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Theoretical issues -- pt. 2. Iliad -- pt. 3. Odyssey -- pt. 4. Language and formulas -- pt. 5. Homer and beyond. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.
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Epic poetry, Greek. |
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Oral tradition -- Greece.
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Oral tradition. |
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Greece. |
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Civilization, Homeric.
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Civilization, Homeric. |
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Memory in literature.
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Memory in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Montanari, Franco.
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Rengakos, Antonios.
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Tsagalis, Christos.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Homeric contexts. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, ©2011 9783110271959 (DLC) 2011028126 (OCoLC)743214080 |
| ISBN |
9783110272017 (electronic book) |
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3110272016 (electronic book) |
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9783110271959 |
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3110271958 |
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