Homer, Hesiod and the Hymns: Diachronic Development in Epic Diction
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This book investigates the history of the ancient Greek tradition of oral epic poetry which culminated in the Iliad and Odyssey. These masterpieces did not exhaust the tradition, and poems were composed in the same style for several generations afterwards. One group of such poems is the 'Homeric Hymns', ascribed to Homer in antiquity. In fact the origins of these Hymns are as mysterious as those of the Homeric epics themselves with little external...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521035651
ISBN13:9780521035651
Release Date:March 2007
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:340 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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