Greek Epic Cycle and Its Ancient Reception
A Companion
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Author
Publication
2015 - Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Word Count
172,500 words, Guess
Page Count
690 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL28553858M
- ISBN-139781107012592
- OCLC Control Number893895801
- Library of Congress Control Number2015002311
Classifications
- LCCPA3105 .G75 2015
Description
"The poems of the Epic Cycle are assumed to be the reworking of myths and narratives which had their roots in an oral tradition predating that of many of the myths and narratives which took their present form in the Iliad and the Odyssey. The remains of these texts allow us to investigate diachronic aspects of epic diction as well as the extent of variation within it on the part of individual authors - two of the most important questions in modern research on archaic epic. They also help to illuminate the early history of Greek mythology. Access to the poems, however, has been thwarted by their current fragmentary state. This volume provides the scholarly community and graduate students with a thorough critical foundation for reading and interpreting them"--
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