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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
New Surveys in the Classics
ISBN-10
1107670160
ISBN-13
9781107670167
Edition
2 Revised edition
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 9th, 2013
Print length
174 Pages
Weight
278 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.70 x 0.80 cms
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This is a revised version of the survey on Homer which the author originally published in 1996. It is a clear introduction to the Iliad and the Odyssey, and the problems of their dating, context and interpretation. An extensive bibliography gives expert guidance on many aspects of these extraordinary poems.
This is a revised and updated version of the survey on Homer which the author originally published in 1996. It provides a wide variety of readers with a clear and detailed introduction to the Iliad and the Odyssey, and to the problems which arise in dating, contextualising and interpreting these two epics, which are among the earliest poetic texts to come down to us from the ancient Greek world. A substantial introductory chapter discusses the so-called Homeric Question, the question of the identity and origins of 'Homer'. Among the important topics considered are the debate over oral composition, the structure, plot and themes of the two epics, and the religious and ethical ideas which figure in the poems; also discussed are characterisation, speeches, similes, symbolism and irony. An extensive bibliography gives expert guidance on these and many other aspects of these extraordinary poems.
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