| Description |
1 online resource |
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Routledge library editions. Homer ; volume 1 |
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Routledge library editions. Homer ; v. 1
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Introduction: The Lyric Background; Generations of leaves: Mimnermus; Parents and sons: Tyrtaeus; Aphrodite in battle: Sappho; Men and beasts: Stesichorus; Some final considerations; 2 Slices from the Banquet: The Tragedies of Aeschylus; Introduction; The early plays; Oresteia; Prometheus Bound; Conclusions; 3 Sophocles and Euripides: The Early Plays; Introduction; Sword and shield: Sophocles' Ajax; Death and victory in Euripides' Alcestis |
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Antigone, Eros, and AphroditeThe destruction of the natural order: Medea; Conclusions; 4 Sophocles and Euripides: The Middle Plays; Introduction; Heracles and Agamemnon: Return to catastrophe; The Electras; Other plays from this period; Conclusions; 5 Sophocles and Euripides: The Last Plays; Introduction; Philoctetes, Orestes, and Cyclops; Theban Tales: Phoenician Women, Bacchae, and Oedipus at Colonus; Troy and the House of Atreus; Conclusions; 6 Generations of Leaves; The background of allusion; The practitioners of allusion; The anatomy of allusion reconsidered; Appendices |
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A: Echo at the beginning of strophe, antistrophe or lyric sectionB: Echo at the end of strophe, antistrophe or lyric section; C: Messenger speeches with imitation or allusion; D: Uses of Homeric similes; E: Passages used by poets; F: Poets'allusions by work; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Editions of classical works: texts and commentaries; Books and articles; Index |
| Summary |
The role of poetic allusion in classical Greek poetry, to Homer especially, has often largely been neglected or even almost totally ignored. This book, first published in 1990, clarifies the place of Homer in Greek education, as well as adding to the interpretation of many important tragedies. Focussing on the dramatic masterpieces of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and how these writers imitated and alluded to other poetry, the author reveals the immense dependence on Homer which can be seen throughout the corpus of Attic tragedy. It is argued that the practice of the art of allusion indi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 02, 2015) |
| Subject |
Homer -- Allusions
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| SUBJECT |
Homer fast |
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Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
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Allusions.
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allusion.
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DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
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Allusions
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Greek drama (Tragedy)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317694724 |
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1317694724 |
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