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9780847694242

Nine Essays on Homer

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  • ISBN13:

    9780847694242

  • ISBN10:

    0847694240

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-05-13
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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Summary

The essays in this collections address questions of intense interest in Homeric studies today: the questions of performance and poet-audience interaction, especially as depicted in idealized performances within the Iliad and the Odyssey; the w

Table of Contents

Forewordp. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. xi
Multigeneric Homer
The Wrath of Helen: Self-Blame and Nemesis in the Iliadp. 3
Odysseus and the Phaeaciansp. 21
Thersites, Odysseus, and the Social Orderp. 35
Homeric Fictions: Pseudo-Words in Homerp. 55
Diachronic Homer
Penelope and the Penelopsp. 95
Odysseus Back Home and Back from the Deadp. 137
Visual Homer
Artemis and the Lion: Two Similes in Odyssey 6p. 165
Homer's Leopard Similep. 177
Textual Homer
Homeros ekainopoiese: Theseus, Aithra, and Variation in Homeric Myth-Makingp. 207
Bibliographyp. 227
Index of Homeric Passagesp. 237
General Indexp. 239
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