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Plato's Rhapsody and Homer's Music
Language: en
Pages: 144
Authors: Gregory Nagy
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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This book examines the overall testimony of Plato as an expert about the cultural legacy of these Homeric performances. Plato's fine ear for language--in this c
Homer's Text and Language
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Gregory Nagy
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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As Homer remains an indispensable figure in the canons of world literature, interpreting the Homeric text is a challenging and high stakes enterprise. There are
Homer the Preclassic
Language: en
Pages: 432
Authors: Gregory Nagy
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-24 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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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 tr
From Hittite to Homer
Language: en
Pages: 691
Authors: Mary R. Bachvarova
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-10 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book takes a bold new approach to the prehistory of Homeric epic, arguing for a fresh understanding of how Near Eastern influence worked.
Homer in Performance
Language: en
Pages: 441
Authors: Jonathan L. Ready
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-08-13 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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Before they were written down, the poems attributed to Homer were performed orally, usually by rhapsodes (singers/reciters) who might have traveled from city to