UID:
almafu_9960118359802883
Format:
1 online resource (xxviii, 697 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-108-63668-3
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1-108-66362-1
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1-139-22564-2
Content:
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 Homer thus traces the many routes taken by Homeric epic in the ancient world and its continuing relevance in different periods and cultures.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Feb 2020).
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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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Further Reading -- Dreams -- Further reading -- Early Editions -- Further Reading.
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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 -- 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 -- Introduction: Imagining Communities -- The Homeric Community -- Communities in Time -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- Homeric Religion -- Ritual -- Theology -- Further Reading -- Homer and History -- Introduction -- Homer's Narratives: Real Events? -- Homer, Archaeology, and Material Culture -- History, Archaeology, and Homeric Society -- Homer's Sense of History and ''the Past'' -- Summary and Conclusions -- Further Reading -- Homeric Geography -- The Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad -- Troy and the Troad -- Ithake and Pylos -- The Adventures of Odysseus -- A Way Forward -- Further Reading -- Homeric Materiality -- Further Reading -- Afterlife in Homer -- Further Reading -- Assemblies and Councils -- Athletic Competition.
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Basileus and Anax in Homer and Mycenaean Greek Texts -- Blegen, Carl -- Boars' Tusk Helmets -- Burial Practices -- The Due of the Dead -- The Archaeology of Burials -- Catalogue of Ships: Archaeology -- Catalogue of Ships: Literary Aspects -- Class Relations -- The Literary Tradition of Destruction of Cities -- Divine Epiphany in Homer -- Sensing the Divine -- Form, Metamorphosis, and Divine Polymorphism -- Divine Epiphany in Crisis -- Divine Epiphany in Cultic Contexts: Sacrifice -- Family and Marriage in Homer -- Iliad -- Odyssey -- Feasting and Drinking in Homer -- Archaeology of Hero Cults -- Hittite Literary Evidence -- Homeric Archaeology -- Homeric Economy -- Agriculture -- Trade -- Household Organization -- Lefkandi -- Mycenae -- Nestor's Cup -- Nostoi -- Offerings in Homer -- Personification in Homer -- Prayers and Vows -- Pylos -- Religious Festivals in Homer -- Schliemann, Heinrich -- Shield of Achilles -- Slavery in Homer and Hesiod -- Supplication in Homer -- Troy and Its Treasures -- Warfare in Homer -- Warrior Graves -- Weapons and Armor -- Women in Homer -- Part III Homer in the World -- Introduction -- Homer in Antiquity -- Introduction -- The Early to Middle Archaic Era, 650‒500 b.c. -- The Late Archaic Era, 500‒450 b.c. -- The Early Classical Era, 450‒400 b.c. -- The Middle to Late Classical Era, 400‒300 b.c. -- The Hellenistic Age: Ptolemaic Alexandria, 300‒150 b.c. -- The Hellenistic Age: Athens, Pergamon, Rome, 300 b.c. to 14 a.d. -- The High Roman Empire, 14‒235 a.d. -- Further Reading -- Homer and the Latin West in the Middle Ages -- Further Reading -- Homer in Greece from the End of Antiquity 1: The Byzantine Reception of Homer and His Export to Other Cultures -- Further Reading -- Homer in Greece from the End of Antiquity 2: Homer after Byzantium, from the Early Ottoman Period to the Age of Nationalisms -- Further Reading.
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Homer in Renaissance Europe (1488‒1649) -- Further Reading -- Homer in Early Modern Europe -- Homer's Ancient Audiences -- Homeric Images -- Further Reading -- The Reception of Homer since 1900: Introduction by Thomas E. Jenkins -- Further Reading -- Homer and War since 1900 by Peter Meineck -- Further Reading -- Gendered Reception of Homer by Lillian Doherty -- Further Reading -- Homer in Social Thought by Thomas E. Jenkins -- Further Reading -- Homer in Greece: The Inevitable and Impossible Nostos by George Syrimis -- Further Reading -- Postcolonial Perceptions of Homeric Epic by Emily Greenwood -- Further Reading -- Homer and Homerica on Screen by Martin M. Winkler -- Further Reading -- From the Cinema to Beyond: Homer in Comics, Television, Apps, and New Media by Thomas E. Jenkins -- Further Reading -- Homer in Twentieth (and Twenty-First) Century Scholarship by Alexander Beecroft -- Further Reading -- Homer: Image and Cult -- Homer in Post-Classical European Art -- Further Reading -- Albert Bates Lord -- Allegory and Allegorical Interpretation -- Further Reading -- Aristotle and Homer -- Further Reading -- Athens and Homer -- Biographies of Homer -- Further Reading -- Chaucer and Homer -- Dante and Homer -- Further Reading -- The Homeric Question -- Further Reading -- Milman Parry -- Further Reading -- Plato and Homer -- Plutarch and Homer -- Shakespeare and Homer -- Jean de Sponde and Homer -- Further Reading -- Vergil and Homer -- Further Reading -- Simone Weil and the Iliad -- Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-02719-5
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108333931
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