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9780739111345

Diachronic Dialogues Authority and Continuity in Homer and the Homeric Tradition

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  • ISBN13:

    9780739111345

  • ISBN10:

    0739111345

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-12-27
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $51.99

Summary

Diachronic Dialogues considers central aspects of Homer's poetry, such as truth, knowledge, gender, virtue and the heroic code, authorship, memory and song, diction and formula. This book makes the case for performative, rather than essential values in the Illiad and the Odyssey.

Author Biography

Ahuvia Kahane is Professor of Greek, University of London

Table of Contents

Editor's Foreword ix
Preface xi
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction: In Search of a Question 1(2)
Homer and the Riddle of the Worm
3(26)
Hidden Habits and the Trappings of Identity
29(36)
Formal Fantasies
65(30)
Homeric Signs
95(38)
Intentions and Connections
133(30)
The Forgetful Order of Things
163(52)
An Envoi: Diachronic Dialogues 215(2)
Bibliography 217(28)
Index Locorum 245(6)
General Index 251(14)
About the Author 265

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