The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic CycleJHU Press, 30. apr 2003 - 320 pages Although the Iliad and Odyssey narrate only relatively small portions of the Trojan War and its aftermath, for centuries these works have overshadowed other, more comprehensive narratives of the conflict, particularly the poems known as the Epic Cycle. In The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle, Jonathan Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the war's history and the legends surrounding it, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age. He traces the development and transmission of the Cyclic poems in ancient Greek culture, comparing them to later Homeric poems and finding that they were far more influential than has previously been thought. |
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... museums in Europe and North America . For gracious hospitality in Rome , I thank Christer Bruun and his family , and for the generous provision of accom- modation in Athens for my family , I am most grateful to Maria Delivoria ...
... catalog numbers in the newly completed Lexicon Iconigraphicum Mythologiae Classicae ( LIMC ) , though museum catalog numbers are also routinely given . Representations often appear in more than one article of the LIMC.
... Museum G 437 . Courtesy of the Ashmolean Museum . B. Trojan horse ( fragment ) . Bronze fibula . EPIC CYCLE 19.
... Museum 3205 . The British Museum . Used by permission . C. Peleus wrestles Thetis . Amphora fragment . Kavalla Museum. 20 THE TRADITION OF THE TROJAN WAR.
... frequently discussed piece of evidence concerning the contents of the Little Iliad comes from chapter 23 of. C. Peleus wrestles Thetis . Amphora fragment . Kavalla Museum A 1086 . Courtesy of the Kavalla Museum . 99.505 ( 528 ) . EPIC CYCLE ...
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The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle Jonathan S. Burgess Limited preview - 2004 |
The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle Jonathan S. Burgess Limited preview - 2001 |
The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle Jonathan S. Burgess Limited preview - 2003 |