Publication

2019 - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Language

English

Word Count

55,000 words, Guess

Page Count

220 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPA4037.S655 2019
  • LCCPA4037 .S655 2020

Description

"In the popular imagination, Homer as author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, epitomises poetic genius. So, when scholars proposed that the Homeric epics were not the unique creation of an individual author, but instead reflected a traditional compositional system developed by generations of singer-poets, swathes of assumptions about the poems and their 'author' were swept aside and called into question. Much had to be re-evaluated through a new lens"--

Subjects

Topics

HomerIliad (Homer)Odyssey (Homer)Art and literatureArt & Visual CultureAncient Epic (Classical Studies)Classical Reception (Classical Studies)

Other Editions

  • Homeric Catalogue of Shapes: The Iliad and Odyssey Seen DifferentlyBloomsbury Publishing Plc2019-01-01

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