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Homeric responses /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nagy, Gregory
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Homer > Technique.
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Oral tradition > Greece.
Oral-formulaic analysis.
Table of Contents:
  • About synchronic and diachronic perspectives
  • About the evolutionary model
  • About dictation models
  • About cross-references in Homer
  • Homeric responses
  • Homeric rhapsodes and the concept of diachronic skewing
  • Irreversible mistakes and Homeric clairvoyance
  • The shield of Achilles : ends of the Iliad and beginnings of the polis.