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Synopsis
This concise book is an ideal introduction to Homer – the poet and his two great epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
- Student-friendly introduction to Homer.
- Provides historical background and literary readings of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
- Makes use of the author’s own original research.
- Assumes no prior knowledge of Greek.
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Book Description
The earliest and greatest works of Greek literature the Iliad and the Odyssey have been attributed since antiquity to the poet Homer. This concise book is an ideal introduction to the poet and his two great epics. Assuming no prior knowledge of Greek, the author supplies all the background information necessary to understand the poems.The book presents an overview of the Homeric question, considering the authorship, composition, and transmission of the poems. It provides the historical background to the epics, literary readings of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and an analysis of the poets plotting, narrative technique, and characterization. The author uses comparisons between the two poems to illustrate Homeric poetics.A final section reviews the important secondary literature on Homer and offers a guide to further reading. Throughout, the author makes use of his own original research, especially on the relations between Greek alphabetic writing and the origins of Greek literature.
About the Author
Barry B. Powell is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His previous publications include Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet (1991), A Short Introduction to Classical Myth (2001), Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature (2002), and Classical Myth (fourth edition, 2004).
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- PublisherWiley-Blackwell
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0631233865
- ISBN 13 9780631233862
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages196
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