Homer S Odyssey And The Near East
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Homer s Odyssey and the Near East
Author | : Bruce Louden |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 365 |
Release | : 2011-01-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781139494908 |
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The Odyssey's larger plot is composed of a number of distinct genres of myth, all of which are extant in various Near Eastern cultures (Mesopotamian, West Semitic, and Egyptian). Unexpectedly, the Near Eastern culture with which the Odyssey has the most parallels is the Old Testament. Consideration of how much of the Odyssey focuses on non-heroic episodes - hosts receiving guests, a king disguised as a beggar, recognition scenes between long-separated family members - reaffirms the Odyssey's parallels with the Bible. In particular the book argues that the Odyssey is in a dialogic relationship with Genesis, which features the same three types of myth that comprise the majority of the Odyssey: theoxeny, romance (Joseph in Egypt), and Argonautic myth (Jacob winning Rachel from Laban). The Odyssey also offers intriguing parallels to the Book of Jonah, and Odysseus' treatment by the suitors offers close parallels to the Gospels' depiction of Christ in Jerusalem.
Homer and the Odyssey
Author | : Suzanne Saïd |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2011-09-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780199542840 |
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With an introduction to the oral tradition which lay at the source of the Homeric epics and a discussion on the reception of the Homeric poems in Antiquity, this volume explores the mysterious figure of Homer, an author about whom little is known. Ruth Webb's translation is a revised and much expanded version of the original French text.
Promise Giving and Treaty Making
Author | : Peter Karavites,Thomas E. Wren |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9004095675 |
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This book challenges the current view of the Homeric epics, according to which they reflect only the institutions and ideas of their own time, telling us nothing about the Mycenaean Age preceding it. Using a comparative analysis of evidence from the Near East and the Homeric corpus, Peter Karavites comes to the bold conclusion that the epics actually contain much that harks back to the Mycenaean Age, and that the two eras may not be completely discontinuous after all. Most contemporary scholars maintain that the mighty Mycenaean period was almost completely separated from the Dark Ages and that virtually no evidence of the former remains, with the exception of the archeological finds and the meager testimony of the Linear B tablets. However, the Near Eastern evidence about treaties and other forms of promising suggests that the Iliad and Odyssey may indeed provide historical pictures of the Mycenaean times featured in their narratives.
The Making of the Odyssey
Author | : Martin Litchfield West |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780198718369 |
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'The Making of the Odyssey' is a penetrating study of the background, composition, and artistry of the Homeric Odyssey, which places the poem in its late seventh-century context in relation to the 'Iliad' and other poetry of the time.
The Odyssey of Homer
Author | : Homer |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 9780195068184 |
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Odysseus, the most heroic of the ancient Greek warriors, journeys home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Homer Iliad Book III
Author | : Homer |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2019-09-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781107063013 |
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Wide-ranging edition of this most diverse book of the Iliad. Suitable especially for students and their instructors.
The winnowing oar New Perspectives in Homeric Studies
Author | : Christos Tsagalis,Andreas Markantonatos |
Publsiher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2017-10-10 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9783110559873 |
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In the wake of recent advances in the treatment of longstanding problems pertaining to the interpretation of Homeric poetry, this volume brings together cutting-edge research from a cohort of acclaimed scholars on Homer and the Homeric Hymns. The variety of topics covered spans the entire field of Homeric philology: the methods and solutions provided for a new edition of the Odyssey, the puzzle of the relation between the festival of the Panathenaea and the Homeric text, the disclosure of the meaning of notorious cruces pertaining to arcane formulas, the two emblematic heroes of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Achilles and Odysseus, Homeric poetics, the range and use of repetition in a traditional medium, the composition of the Homeric epics, the Apologoi and 'Cyclic' Narrative, as well as the Homeric Hymns to Hermes and Aphrodite.