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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... interest displayed over the years by my parents and Ellen Aspinall . The steadfastness shown toward the dissertation by Corky is still fondly recalled . Thanks to William and Adelaide for making every- thing a joy . The work is ...
... interest in the distant past . If epic about the heroic age flourished at this time also , as is often supposed , there is no need to see an interrelationship . Ritual ac- tivity at Bronze Age sites and heroic poetry were probably two ...
... interest in attributing the cele- brated results of the Iliad and Odyssey to one monumental poet . Indeed , out- side of the title and discussion of the views of others , reference to " Homer " is avoided . Modern literary theory does ...
... interest in the raw data of its narrative . Indeed , summaries other than the one by Proclus were also made . The description of the Trojan War in Apollodorus's Epitome is essentially a summary of the Epic Cycle.51 A Dionysius of vari ...
... interest to most not for their worth but for the sequence of events in it ) . These words , besides providing further evidence of the low esteem into which the Epic Cycle eventually slipped , imply that the poems were available to ...
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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 |