| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 515 pages) |
| Series |
Oxford classical monographs |
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Oxford classical monographs.
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| Contents |
Introduction; 1. Text and Referential Apparatus; 2. Commentary; 3. Lexicon; 4. Textual Discussion; Appendix A: Some Speech Introduction Formulae; Appendix B: Athene, Here, and Divine Stasis in K; Bibliography; Index of Elements; Index of Elements (English); A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Index of Elements (Greek); Index of Episodes; A; D; E; G; H; I; K; M; N; O; P; S; T; Z; Index of Qualities; A; D; H; N; O; P; T; Z; Index of Passages |
| Summary |
Adrian Kelly shows that familiarity with the oral background of Homeric poetry is vital for a proper appreciation of Homeric narrative. He presents the kind of information a modern reader requires to become as fluent in traditional epic poetry as an original ancient audience. - ;This book aims to provide the reader of Homer with the traditional knowledge and fluency in Homeric poetry which an original ancient audience would have brought to a performance of this type of narrative. To that end, Adrian Kelly presents the text of Iliad VIII next to an apparatus referring to the traditional units b |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-444) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Homer. Iliad. Book 8
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Achilles (Mythological character) in literature
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| SUBJECT |
Iliad (Homer) fast |
| Subject |
Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism
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Trojan War -- Literature and the war
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
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Epic poetry, Greek
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191568664 |
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019156866X |
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1429498358 |
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9781429498357 |
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