| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 697 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Notes on the Contributors -- General Introduction -- Part I Homeric Song and Text -- Introduction -- Homeric Epic in Performance -- Epic Performance within the Iliad and Odyssey -- Occasions for the Performance of the Iliad and Odyssey -- The Difference That Performance Makes -- Composition -- Reception -- Transmission -- Further Reading -- Homeric Poetics -- Introduction: Learning Complex Systems -- The Poetics of the Homeric Formula and the Composition of the Homeric Line -- The Poetics of the Theme |
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The Poetics of the Single Song, the Whole Song, and of the Greater Whole, the Iliad and the Odyssey -- Further Reading -- Homer in a World of Song -- Further Reading -- Epic Traditions -- Homer and Hesiod -- The Epic Cycle -- The Cycle and Homeric Epic -- Relationships Among the Cyclic Epics -- Authority and Authorship -- The Master Narrative -- Further Reading -- Mythic Background -- Further Reading -- The Language of Homer -- The Homeric Kunstsprache -- Parry and the Language of an Oral Tradition -- Poetic Language and Ordinary Language -- Semantic Archaism -- The Stylization of Speech |
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Further Reading -- From Song to Text -- Introduction -- The Reception of Homer -- The Idea of a Diachronic Perspective on Homer -- Diachronic Homer -- Homeric Texts -- The Textualization of Homer -- Textualization and Diffusion -- A Panionic and a Panathenaic Bottleneck -- Multiformity and Uniformity in the Homeric Tradition -- Homeric Multitextuality and the Homer Multitext Project -- Multitext vs. ''Urtext'' -- The Ancient Editions of Homer -- Further Reading -- Achilles -- Ancient Near Eastern Epic -- Batrakhomuomakhia (The Battle of Frogs and Mice) -- Further Reading -- Catalogues |
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Further Reading -- Dreams -- Further reading -- Early Editions -- Further Reading -- Ekphrasis -- Further Reading -- Epic Cycle -- Further Reading -- Epithets -- Formula -- Further Reading -- Gods and Goddesses -- Further Reading -- Hesiod and Homer -- Further Reading -- Home -- Further Reading -- Homer and Indo-European Myth -- Further Reading -- Homer and the Alphabet -- Further Reading -- Homeric Body and Mind -- Body -- Mind -- Further Reading -- Homeric Dialects -- Further Reading -- Homeric Humor -- The Homeric Hymns -- Further Reading -- Homeric Scholia -- Further reading -- Hospitality |
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The Iliad: An Overview -- Immanence -- Kleos -- Lament -- Further Reading -- Margites -- Meter -- Further Reading -- Narrative -- Further Reading -- Odysseus -- Further Reading -- The Odyssey: An Overview -- Further Reading -- Panathenaia -- Further Reading -- Panhellenism -- Pisistratus -- Further Reading -- Rhapsodes and the Homeridai -- Further Reading -- Ring Composition -- Similes -- Further Reading -- Speech -- Further Reading -- Trojan Horse -- Troy -- Further reading -- Type Scene -- Further Reading -- Part II Homeric World -- Introduction -- Homeric Communities |
| Summary |
From its ancient incarnation as a song to recent translations in modern languages, Homeric epic remains an abiding source of inspiration for both scholars and artists that transcends temporal and linguistic boundaries. The Cambridge Guide to Homer examines the influence and meaning of Homeric poetry from its earliest form as ancient Greek song to its current status in world literature, presenting the information in a synthetic manner that allows the reader to gain an understanding of the different strands of Homeric studies. The volume is structured around three main themes: Homeric Song and Text; the Homeric World, and Homer in the World. Each section starts with a series of 'macropedia' essays arranged thematically that are accompanied by shorter complementary 'micropedia' articles. The Cambridge Guide to Home thus traces the many routes taken by Homeric epic in the ancient world and its continuing relevance in different periods and cultures |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Homer -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Homer fast |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pache, Corinne Ondine, 1963- editor.
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Dué, Casey, 1974- editor.
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Lupack, Susan M., editor.
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Lamberton, Robert, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781139225649 |
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1139225642 |
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