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 distortions this mythic past provided to the various Greek constituencies for whom the Homeric poems were so central and definitive.
| ISBN: | 9780520294875 |
| Publication date: | 18th April 2017 |
| Author: | Gregory Nagy |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 432 pages |
| Series: | Sather Classical Lectures |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literature: history and criticism |
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.
Homer the Preclassic features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literature: history and criticism
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Homer the Preclassic was written by Gregory Nagy and published by University of California Press
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