9783110271959-3110271958-Homeric Contexts: Neoanalysis and the Interpretation of Oral Poetry (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes, 12)

Homeric Contexts: Neoanalysis and the Interpretation of Oral Poetry (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes, 12)

ISBN-13: 9783110271959
ISBN-10: 3110271958
Edition: 1
Author: Franco Montanari, Antonios Rengakos, Christos C. Tsagalis
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: De Gruyter
Format: Hardcover 708 pages
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ISBN-13: 9783110271959
ISBN-10: 3110271958
Edition: 1
Author: Franco Montanari, Antonios Rengakos, Christos C. Tsagalis
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: De Gruyter
Format: Hardcover 708 pages

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Homeric Contexts: Neoanalysis and the Interpretation of Oral Poetry (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes, 12) (ISBN-13: 9783110271959 and ISBN-10: 3110271958), written by authors Franco Montanari, Antonios Rengakos, Christos C. Tsagalis, was published by De Gruyter in 2012. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Homeric Contexts: Neoanalysis and the Interpretation of Oral Poetry (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes, 12) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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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.

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