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Homeric Contexts: Neoanalysis and the Interpretation of Oral Poetry (Trends in Classics – Supplementary Volumes): 12
Author(s): Franco Montanari (Editor), Antonios Rengakos (Editor), Christos C. Tsagalis (Editor)
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication Date: 1 May 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 708 pages
- ISBN-10: 3110271958
- ISBN-13: 9783110271959
Book 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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Per quanto sommaria e selettiva, questa esposizione può dare comunque un’idea della varietà e complessità degli argomenti trattati. […] a tutti va comunque riconosciuto un ottimo livello qualitativo, il che non sempre accade in pubblicazioni di questa natura.”
Francesco Bertolini in: Athenaeum 105.2 (2017), 836-837
About the Author
Franco Montanari, University of Genova, Italy; Antonios Rengakos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Christos Tsagalis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
