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ISBN: 9780520256927 - Homer the Preclassic Homer the Preclassic
Gregory Nagy

ISBN10: 0520256921  ISBN13: 9780520256927
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 07 Feb 2012
Considers the development of the Homeric poems - in particular "The Iliad" and "Odyssey" - during the time when they were still part of the oral tradition. This title traces the evolution of rival 'Homers' and the different versions of Homeric... More

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ISBN: 9780521558488 - Poetry as Performance Poetry as Performance
Gregory Nagy

ISBN10: 0521558484  ISBN13: 9780521558488
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 26 Jan 1996
With Homeric poetry, it is argued that no single definitive text could evolve until the oral traditions in which the epic was grounded became obsolete. In the watershed era of Aristarchus, around 150 BC, the gradual movement from relatively more... More

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ISBN: 9780801848476 - Pindar's Homer Pindar's Homer
Gregory Nagy

ISBN10: 0801848474  ISBN13: 9780801848476
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Mar 1994
Nagy challenges the widely held view that the development of lyric poetry in Greece represents the rise of individual innovation over collective tradition. Arguing that Greek lyric represents a tradition in its own right, Nagy shows how the form... More

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ISBN: 9780801480485 - Greek Mythology and Poetics Greek Mythology and Poetics
Gregory Nagy

ISBN10: 0801480485  ISBN13: 9780801480485
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 12 May 1992

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ISBN: 9780292755628 - Homeric Questions Homeric Questions
Gregory Nagy

ISBN10: 0292755627  ISBN13: 9780292755628
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Jun 1996
This evidence suggests that the written texts emerged from an evolutionary process in which composition, performance, and diffusion interacted to create the epics we know as the Iliad and the Odyssey. Sure to challenge orthodox views and provoke... More

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ISBN: 9780252029837 - Homer's Text and Language Homer's Text and Language
Gregory Nagy

ISBN10: 0252029836  ISBN13: 9780252029837
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 03 Feb 2005
In Homeric studies, an ongoing debate centers on different ways to establish the texts of Homer and the different ways to appreciate the poetry created in the language of Homer. Gregory Nagy, a lifelong Homer scholar, takes a stand in the midst of... More

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ISBN: 9780801860157 - The Best of the Achaeans The Best of the Achaeans
Gregory Nagy

ISBN10: 0801860156  ISBN13: 9780801860157
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20 Nov 1998
Despite widespread interest in the Greek hero as a cult figure, little was written about the relationship between the cult practices and the portrayals of the hero in poetry. The first edition of The Best of the Achaeans bridged that gap... More

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ISBN: 9780674009639 - Plato's Rhapsody and Homer's Music Plato's Rhapsody and Homer's Music
Gregory Nagy

ISBN10: 0674009630  ISBN13: 9780674009639
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 17 Dec 2002
This book examines the overall testimony of Plato as an expert - albeit a hostile one - about the cultural legacy of Homeric performances at the Panathenaia. Plato's fine-tuned ear for language - not just any language but in this case the... More

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ISBN: 9780415937719 - Greek Literature (v.9) Greek Literature (v.9)
Gregory Nagy

ISBN10: 041593771X  ISBN13: 9780415937719
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 May 2002
This is part of a nine-volume collection of critical writings on Greek literature, from 6th century BC to the Byzantine era, which traces the Greek roots of all major literary genres: epic, lyric poetry, tragedy, comedy, history, oratory... More

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ISBN: 9780815336877 - Greek Literature (v.6) Greek Literature (v.6)
Gregory Nagy

ISBN10: 081533687X  ISBN13: 9780815336877
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 24 Jan 2002
This is part of a nine-volume collection of critical writings on Greek literature, from 6th century BC to the Byzantine era, which traces the Greek roots of all major literary genres: epic, lyric poetry, tragedy, comedy, history, oratory... More