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Powell, Barry B. B.

 
9780631233862: Homer (Wiley Introductions to the Classical World)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0631233865 ISBN 13: 9780631233862
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2003

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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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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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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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 authorsupplies 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 poet’s 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.

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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 authorsupplies 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 poet’s 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.

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Verlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0631233865
ISBN 13 
9780631233862
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
195
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