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Author
Series
Sather classical lectures volume 31
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
1959
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the history and legends of the Trojan War, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of the Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age.
Author
Language
English
Description
Tatum offers incisive discussions of physical and literary memorials constructed in the wake of war. The touchstone throughout is the Iliad, not just as one of the earliest war poems, but also as a powerful example of the way poetry acts as both tribute and consolation for loss.
149) Plato's rhapsody and Homer's music: the poetics of the Panathenaic Festival in classical Athens
Author
Series
Hellenic studies volume 1
Publisher
Foundation of the Hellenic World
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Iliad: An epic poem that focuses on Greek warrior Achilles, recounting some of the significant events during the final weeks of the Trojan War and the Greek siege of the city of Troy.
The Odyssey: An epic poem that focuses on the Greek hero Odysseus and his long journey home to Ithaca following the fall of Troy.
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
©1998
Language
English
Description
Irad Malkin contributes here to the current lively discussion of encounters among Greeks and non-Greeks. Through the prism of myths, he argues, notions of ethnicity and collective identity were articulated. Focussing in particular on myths about Odysseus and other heroes who visited foreign lands on their mythical voyages homeward after the Trojan War, he shows how these Return-myths influenced actual encounters during the time of early exploration...
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