How was the poet Homer imagined by ancient Greeks? This book looks at stories circulating between the sixth and fourth centuries BC about his birth, name and origin, blindness and his relationship to other poets and his descendants. The work studies the ancient reception of the Homeric poems, and looks at it in relation to modern representations of Homer, ancient and modern conceptions of authorship, and the "Homeric Question".
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"Specialists in Homeric poems will find much to benefit from, and the rest of us are indebted to Graziosi for her scrupulous presentation of the material and her intriguing analysis." Classical Bulletin
"The text...confronts head-on many puzzles...The specialist will revel in Graziosi's meticulous discussion...equally adept at clarifying ancient and modern sources." Religious Studies Review
"Graziosi's intelligent project explores 'Homer' as a convenient tabula rasa, silent about himself but a desirable predecessor." Choice
"Graziosi has assembled an abundance of valuable material and offered a sharp-eyed analysis of it, for which I am grateful." New Englad Classical Journal
"The text...confronts head-on many puzzles...The specialist will revel in Graziosi's meticulous discussion...equally adept at clarifying ancient and modern sources." Religious Studies Review
"Graziosi's intelligent project explores 'Homer' as a convenient tabula rasa, silent about himself but a desirable predecessor." Choice
"Graziosi has assembled an abundance of valuable material and offered a sharp-eyed analysis of it, for which I am grateful." New Englad Classical Journal
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Text: English, Greek
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Traditionally, the life of Homer has been studied in conjunction with the so-called Homeric Question, that is, the attempt to establish how and by whom the Homeric poems were actually composed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
word poietes, verb poieo, rhapsodic performances, ancient biographical tradition, divine singer, communal fighting, ancient literary criticism, sub voce, ancient representations, ancient audiences Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vita Herodotea, Oechaliae Halosis, Vita Plutarchea, Seven Sages, Catalogue of Ships, Homeric Question, Varia Historia, Oedipus Tyrannus, Chian Homeridae, Dio Chrysostom, Plato's Ion, Great Dionysia, Marmor Parium, Stesimbrotus of Thasos, Asia Minor, Clement of Alexandria, Martin West, Proclus Chrest, South Slavic, Theagenes of Rhegium New!
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Traditionally, the life of Homer has been studied in conjunction with the so-called Homeric Question, that is, the attempt to establish how and by whom the Homeric poems were actually composed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
word poietes, verb poieo, rhapsodic performances, ancient biographical tradition, divine singer, communal fighting, ancient literary criticism, sub voce, ancient representations, ancient audiences Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vita Herodotea, Oechaliae Halosis, Vita Plutarchea, Seven Sages, Catalogue of Ships, Homeric Question, Varia Historia, Oedipus Tyrannus, Chian Homeridae, Dio Chrysostom, Plato's Ion, Great Dionysia, Marmor Parium, Stesimbrotus of Thasos, Asia Minor, Clement of Alexandria, Martin West, Proclus Chrest, South Slavic, Theagenes of Rhegium New!
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- Works and Days (Oxford University Press academic monograph reprints) by Hesiod on 17 pages
- The Homeric Hymns by Homer on 11 pages
- Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles on 4 pages
- The Iliad: A Commentary: Volume 5, Books 17-20 by Mark W. Edwards in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Clement of Alexandria (Twayne's world authors series, TWAS 289 Greece) by John Ferguson on page 94, and Back Matter
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- Ancient Greek Literature (Cultural History of Literature) by Tim Whitmarsh in Back Matter
- Classics and the Uses of Reception (Classical Receptions) by Charles Martindale in Back Matter
- Classics and the Uses of Reception (Classical Receptions) by Charles Martindale in Back Matter
- Homer: The Iliad (Landmarks of World Literature (New)) by M. S. Silk in Back Matter
- The Author (The New Critical Idiom) by Bennett Andrew in Back Matter
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