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Homer the preclassic /
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 pret...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2010.
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| Series: | Sather classical lectures ;
v. 67. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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 dist. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 414 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-402) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520950245 0520950240 1280102160 9781280102165 9786613520555 6613520551 |