This is a study of the works of art from early Greece that have long been presented as "illustrations to Homer," but that are argued here to be nothing of the kind. Early Greek artists showed no preference for Homeric subjects and, when their interests did coincide with Homer's, treated his account as, at best, one of the possible variants. Close descriptive analysis of texts and pictures and of the artists' aims, together with statistical evidence, provide the basis for the argument.
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"...Homerists, as well as fine art historians, will want to take notice of this book. Philologists and undergraduates, as well as specialists, will find the work accessible, since the text is lucid..." Jonathan Burgess, Religious Studies Review
"...readers of Homer and the Artists...will find much of interest." Classical World
"The issue of a paperback edition alongside the expensive bound volume should help secure the wider readership among classicists and art historians and their students that the book deserves." AJA
"...readers of Homer and the Artists...will find much of interest." Classical World
"The issue of a paperback edition alongside the expensive bound volume should help secure the wider readership among classicists and art historians and their students that the book deserves." AJA
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This is a study of the works of art from early Greece which have long been presented as 'illustrations to Homer', but which are argued here to be nothing of the kind Early Greek artists showed no preference for Homeric subjects and, when their interests did coincide with Homer's, treated his account as, at best, one of the possible variants. Close descriptive analysis of texts and pictures and of the artists' aims, together with statistical evidence, provide the basis for the argument.
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synoptic convention, artist reassessed, legendary scenes, legendary subjects, inscribed image, shipwreck scene, artistic evidence, memorable episodes, alphabetic writing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chest of Kypselos, Attic Geometric, Shield of Achilles, Trojan War, Epic Cycle, Euphorbos Plate, Gudrun Ahlberg-Cornell, Friis Johansen, Little Iliad, Claude Lorrain, Klaus Fittschen New!
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- Iliad and Odyssey by Homer on 10 pages
- Development of Attic Black-Figure by J. D. Beazley in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Iliad: A Commentary: Volume 5, Books 17-20 by Mark W. Edwards in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Homeric Soundings: The Shaping of the Iliad (Clarendon Paperbacks) by Oliver Taplin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- New Light on a Dark Age: Exploring the Culture of Geometric Greece by Susan Langdon in Back Matter
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- Ariadne's Thread: A Guide to International Tales Found in Classical Literature (Myth and Poetics) by William Hansen in Back Matter
- Homer (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World) by Barry B. Powell in Back Matter
- The Raft of Odysseus: The Ethnographic Imagination of Homer's Odyssey by Carol Dougherty in Back Matter
- Writing, Society and Culture in Early Rus, c.950-1300 by Simon Franklin on page 233
- Homer: The Iliad (Landmarks of World Literature (New)) by M. S. Silk in Back Matter
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