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Companion to Ancient Epic.

Epic was the master-genre of the ancient world: it was central to group identity, education, literature and culture.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foley, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
Colección:Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A COMPANION TO ANCIENT EPIC; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations of Ancient Authors and Works; Abbreviations of Modern Reference Works; Map: The ancient epic territories; Introduction; 1 Epic as Genre; 2 The Indo-European Context; 3 Epic and Myth; 4 Performance; 5 Epic and History; 6 The Epic Hero; 7 The Gods in Epic, or the Divine Economy; 8 Women in Ancient Epic; 9 Archaeological Contexts; 10 The Physical Media: Tablet, Scroll, Codex; 11 Ancient Reception; 12 Translating Ancient Epic; 13 Analogues: Modern Oral Epics.