Homer the Preclassic considers the development of the Homeric poems
- in particular the Iliad and Odyssey-during the time when they
were still part of the oral tradition. Gregory Nagy traces the
evolution of rival "Homers" and the different versions of Homeric
poetry in this pretextual period, reconstructed over a time frame
extending back from the sixth century BCE to the Bronze Age.
Accurate in their linguistic detail and surprising in their
implications, Nagy's insights conjure the Greeks' nostalgia for the
imagined "epic space" of Troy and for the resonances and
distortions this mythic past provided to the various Greek
constituencies for whom the Homeric poems were so central and
definitive.
General
| Imprint: |
University of California Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Sather Classical Lectures, 67 |
| Release date: |
February 2017 |
| First published: |
2012 |
| Authors: |
Gregory Nagy
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
432 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-29487-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-520-29487-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780520294875 |
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