The "Odyssey" in Athens : Myths of Cultural Origins /

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A study in poetic interaction, The Odyssey in Athens explores the ways in which narrative structure and parallels within and between epic poems create or disclose meaning. Erwin F. Cook also broadens the scope of this intertextual approach to include the relationship of Homeric epic to ritual. Speci...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cook, Erwin F., 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Series:Myth and poetics.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Homer > Knowledge > Athens (Greece)
Odysseus, > King of Ithaca (Mythological character) > In literature.
Homer. > Odyssey.
Erechtheum (Athens, Greece)
Mythology, Greek, in literature.
Epic poetry, Greek > Religious aspects.
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Athens (Greece) > Religious life and customs.
Athens (Greece) > Intellectual life.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Gregory Nagy
  • Introduction
  • 1. Dialectics of enlightenment
  • 2. The world of Poseidon
  • 3. In the Cave of the Encloser
  • 4. Cattle of the Sun
  • 5. Homer and Athens
  • Appendix 1: Homer and the analysts
  • Appendix 2: Poseidon and Athene in myth and cult.

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