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Gregory Nagy
ISBN: 9780674033269
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
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Deals with the reception of Homeric poetry from the fifth through the first century BCE. This book, which centers on ancient concepts of Homer as the author of a body of poetry, is not to reassess the oral poetic heritage of Homeric poetry but to show how it became a classic in the days of the Athenian empire and later.
"Homer the Classic" is about the reception of Homeric poetry from the fifth through the first century BCE. The study of this reception is important for understanding not only the all-pervasive literary influence of ancient Greek epic traditions but also the various ways in which these traditions were used by individuals and states to promote their own cultural and political agenda. The aim of this book, which centers on ancient concepts of Homer as the author of a body of poetry that we know as the "Iliad" and "Odyssey", is not to reassess the oral poetic heritage of Homeric poetry but to show how it became a classic in the days of the Athenian empire and later. This volume is one of two book stemming from six "Sather Classical Lectures" given in the spring semester of 2002 at the University of California at Berkeley while the author was teaching there as the Sather Professor.
| ISBN | 0674033264 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780674033269
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 839 | | Publisher | Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies | | Published in | Cambridge, Mass | | Imprint | Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies | | Series ISSN | 36 | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Hellenic Studies | | Publication date | 16 Feb 2010 | | Height (mm) | 229 | | DEWEY | 883.01 | | Width (mm) | 140 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Spine width (mm) | 38 | | Pages | 650 | | Academic level | Further/Higher education |
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| | | Prolegomena: A Classical Text of Homer in the Making | | 1 | | Ch. 1 | | Homer the Classic in the Age of Virgil | | 73 | | Ch. 2 | | Homer the Classic in the Age of Callimachus | | 187 | | Ch. 3 | | Homer the Classic in the Age of Plato | | 354 | | Ch. 4 | | Homer the Classic in the Age of Pheidias | | 450 | | | | Conclusions | | 589 | | | | Abbreviations and Bibliography | | 601 | | | | Index Locorum | | 625 |
Blackwell review: Investigates the origins of Homer's canonical status within the Greek-speaking world as well as later reception of the works. Investigates the origins of Homer's canonical status within the Greek-speaking world as well as later reception of the works. Investigates the origins of Homer's canonical status within the Greek-speaking world as well as later reception of the works. Read all reviews Customer reviews:  Be the first to write a customer review
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