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Homeric Variations on a Lament by Briseis
Language: en
Pages: 166
Authors: Casey Dué
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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Due (classics, U. of Houston) examines the figure of Briseis, the concubine of Achilles in the Iliad, arguing that her role in the Iliad is greatly compressed,
The Cambridge Guide to Homer
Language: en
Pages: 974
Authors: Corinne Ondine Pache
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-03-05 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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From its ancient incarnation as a song to recent translations in modern languages, Homeric epic remains an abiding source of inspiration for both scholars and a
Homer and the Artists
Language: en
Pages: 204
Authors: Anthony Snodgrass
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-10-22 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This is a book about Homer, myth and art. The Iliad and Odyssey so dominate our view of ancient Greece that our natural reaction on viewing certain works of ear
The Captive Woman's Lament in Greek Tragedy
Language: en
Pages: 201
Authors: Casey Dué
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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The laments of captive women found in extant Athenian tragedy constitute a fundamentally subversive aspect of Greek drama. In performances supported by and inte
The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition
Language: en
Pages: 324
Authors: Margaret Alexiou
Categories: Funeral rites and ceremonies
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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The only generic and diachronic study of learned and popular lament and its socio-cultural contexts throughout Greek tradition in which a great diversity of sou