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- Homer, Narratology, Apollonius Rhodius, Greek Linguistics

This article argues that Homer's depiction of Odysseus in specifically bardic terms is an essential element in the self-presentation of the Homeric poet, in that it comprises the construction of an agonistic relationship with contemporary poets – as in the Hesiodic tradition – who deploy 'personal' details to bolster their claims to poetic authority.

- by Adrian Kelly
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- Homer, Hesiodic Poetry, Greek Epic, Homeric poetry

This article reviews recent attempts to view the Dios Apate of Iliad Book 14 as essentially derived from (a series of) Ancient Near Eastern texts, and seeks to demonstrate that such attempts overplay supposed similarities and fail to understand the traditional construction of Homeric poetry in its Hellenic context. Interaction with Ancient Near Eastern traditions remains likely, but it is not to be reduced to an exercise in simplistic Quellenforschung.

- by Adrian Kelly
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- Homer, Homer, Greek Epic, Ancient Near East

L’isola di Delo è caratterizzata sin dalle più antiche attestazioni per l’aurea di benevolenza e ospitalità che la circonda. Unica, infatti, fra tutte le terre greche, accoglie Latona in cerca di un luogo per partorire i gemelli divini e tale caratteristica si applica anche al suo mitico archegeta, il sovrano locale Anio. Secondo diverse fonti, tra cui i Cypria e Simonide, questi accolse l’esercito acheo durante il tragitto verso Troia e le sue figlie, le cosiddette Oinotropi, lo sfamarono in occasione di una grave carestia. Tale benevolenza si estende anche al mare circostante, cosicché la rotta cicladica risulta oltre modo apprezzata dagli eroi greci nelle loro peregrinazioni, e può spiegare anche il motivo dell’inserzione della tappa delia nelle peregrinazioni di Enea.

- by Cecilia Nobili
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- Homeric poetry, Simonides, Delos

Widely revered as the father of Western literature, Homer was the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, the epic poems which immortalised such names as Achilles, Cyclops, Menelaus, and Helen of Troy. In this vivid introduction, Elton Barker and Joel Christensen celebrate the complexity, innovation and sheer excitement of Homer’s two great works, and investigate the controversy surrounding the man behind the myths – asking who he was and whether he even existed.

- by Elton Barker and +1
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- Classics, Greek Literature, Homer, Classical philology

Buscamos através de este trabalho ressaltar a importância e utilidade das obras de Homero para o estudo da sociedade grega, acreditando que a Ilíada e a Odisseia são documentações muito profícuas para isso, pois contém reflexos do pensamento social da época. Essa análise faz parte de nosso trabalho monográfico, que visa estudar as percepções acerca da morte dentro das obras supracitadas, que são repletas de referências sobre esse tema.

- by Bruna M da Silva
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- Ancient Greek History, Homeric poetry

This book is the edited proceedings from the conference 'The Art of Stesichorus' held at St John's College, Oxford, on June 29–30 2012. Contributors include: Ewen Bowie (Oxford), Chris Carey (London), Patrick Finglass (Nottingham),... more

- by Adrian Kelly
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- Homer, Archaic Poetry, Iconography, Papyrology

Convegno internazionale di studi in onore di Antonio Martina per i suoi 75 anni Roma, 22-23 ottobre 2009 a cura di G. Cerri, A.-T. Cozzoli e M. Giuseppetti Roma 2012 SCIENZE E LETTERE Il volume è pubblicato con il contributo del Dipartimento di Studi sul Mondo Antico dell'Università Roma Tre. 3 Nausicaa tra le compagne è paragonata ad Artemide tra le ninfe in 6.102-109 (una similitudine alla base di Verg. Aen. 1.498-502, relativa a Didone). 4 Vd. Od. 8.448, 8.452, 9.29-33. 5 Cf. poco oltre quanto immagina la giovane (6.275-285). 6 Od. 6.129, 6.146-147, 6.218-222, 9.29-33. Vd. De Jong 2001, 151. 7 Su questo aspetto e sull'impiego nelle parole di Odisseo di motivi della poesia nuziale vd. Nobili 2006. 8 In 6.30 Atena sottolinea la gioia dei genitori al momento delle nozze della figlia (caivrousin de; path; r kai; pov tnia mhv thr), riflessa nella gioia di Leto per Artemide (gev ghqe dev te frev na Lhtwv , 6.106) all'interno del paragone tra la dea della caccia e Nausicaa cui fa ricorso più avanti Odisseo (mav la pouv sfisi qumo; | aij e; n ej uŸ frosuv nh/ sin ij aiv netai ei{ neka seiò, 6.155-156).

- by Massimo Giuseppetti
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- Classics, Hellenistic Literature, Oral Traditions, Epic Literature

In this paper, I argue that the traditional narrative of Iphigenia's sacrifice lies allusively behind the opening scenes of the Iliad (1.8-487). Scholars have long suspected that this episode is evoked in Agamemnon's scathing rebuke of Calchas (1.105-8), but I contend that this is only one moment in a far more sustained allusive dialogue: both the debate over Chryseis and her eventual return to her father replay and rework the sacrifice story. The Iliad begins by recalling the start of the whole Trojan war. [See https://twitter.com/Nellenist/status/1517245751679762435 for a brief summary of key points and please contact me for a correctly paginated offprint.]

- by Thomas Nelson
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- Mythology, Classics, Homer, Intertextuality

This article argues that the reception of Homeric poetry in the lyric poets of the Archaic period is a process of evolution, in which evidentiary difficulty and the gradual development of intertextuality combine to make Stesichorus the first truly intertextual poet in the Greek tradition. Earlier interactions are, as far as we can tell, very limited, confined to mentions of basic plot or famous episodes, whilst even his exiguous fragments allow us to see Stesichorus engaging in a sustained and recreative manner with the entire Iliad and Odyssey. This is an uncorrected proof.

- by Adrian Kelly
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- Greek Literature, Homer, Hesiodic Poetry, Greek Lyric Poetry
- by John C Franklin and +2
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- Philology, Religion, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Sumerian Religion
- by Helene Perdicoyianni-Paleologou
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- Homeric poetry
- by Fecri Polat
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- Homer, Epic poetry, Homeric poetry, Homeric studies

Héritage et souvenir de l’époque mycénienne, l’épopée grecque s’est progressivement enrichie de nouvelles valeurs sociales, apparues au cours des âges obscurs et de l’époque archaïque. De cette situation résulte un décalage évident entre le récit, éloigné des auditeurs dans le temps et l’espace, et le message sous-jacent, qui leur est parfaitement contemporain. Dès lors, l’épopée est en permanence le vecteur de l’identité hellénique.

- by Charles Doyen
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- Homer, Homeric poetry
- by Blake M Salemink
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- Poetry Composition, Archaic Poetry, Augustan Poetry, Arabic Poetry

Spekali, #6 The present paper discusses Aristotle's "Poetics" in the light of one significant aspect of the Homeric innovation. Taking into account the given source and modern Homeric conceptions, the author of the paper classifies... more

- by Zaza Khintibidze
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- Homer, Homeric poetry, Homeric Hymns, Homero

Word count: 3521 words Jo Willmott's new book, The Moods of Homeric Greek, critically examines the meaning and use of the modal forms in Homeric Greek. Willmott advances the claim that the traditional accounts are often inadequate, both theoretically and descriptively, and consequently proposes significant revisions. Her conclusions bear not just on modality in Homeric Greek, but also on modality theory in general. This is an important book, as it has set a new standard in the description and analysis of the Greek moods.

- by David Goldstein
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- Classics, Homer, Ancient Indo-European Languages, Modality
- by Antony Makrinos
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- Homer, Reception Theory, Reception, Classical Reception Studies

Cet article propose de voir à quoi correspond, dans l’Antiquité, la catégorie d’ « épopée didactique » (ou « poésie didactique »), couramment utilisée par les savants modernes pour rendre compte d’œuvres comme les Travaux et les jours, le De rerum natura ou encore les Géorgiques, en opposition avec la catégorie d’« épopée narrative » (ou parfois simplement d’« épopée »), qui comprendrait les poèmes d’Homère, l’Énéide, etc. Une enquête anthropologique et pragmatique montre que la catégorie de « poésie didactique » n’existait pas chez les Anciens. Dans un deuxième temps, on essaie de voir à quel moment on commence à parler de « poésie didactique ».

- by Pierre Vesperini
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- Homer, Poetry, Hesiodic Poetry, Vergil

In this paper (in Dutch), we present an overview of the most important current theories on the function of the augment in Homer, and we analyse augment use in a close reading of three longer Homeric passages. In our view, a pragmatic or aspectual function of the augment is likely, but more research is necessary, especially into the ways in which it was used for reasons of metrical utility.

- by Lucien van Beek and +1
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- Homer, Greek Epic, Homeric poetry, Homeric studies

This paper sketches out a history of ancient and modern discussions on the aesthetic “imperfection” of the Iliad and the Odyssey. The views of, among others, Horace, Pseudo-Longinus, F.A. Wolf, F.W. Nietzsche will be examined, as well as... more

- by Giuseppe Lentini
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- Classics, Homer, Orality-Literacy Studies, Ancient Aesthetics

Spekali, #10
At 9.198 of the “Iliad”, Achilles greets, perhaps, only three ambassadors, or his friends, in the dual; however, at 9.204 the same greeting is repeated in the plural. In the process of interpretation of the issue several questions arose. In order to answer these questions, there is a need to reevaluate the whole embassy scene, but, again, from the Unitarian standpoint.

- by Zaza Khintibidze
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- Homer, Homeric poetry, Iliad, Iliada

La figure du héros épique est un excellent angle d’approche pour souligner la modernité de l’hellénisme. Car le héros épique, qui est une invitation permanente à se dépasser au-delà de soi-même, à transgresser toutes les frontières, à... more

- by Charles Doyen
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- Homer, Homeric poetry

13. Grundzüge der Homer-Rezeption

- by Andreas Bagordo
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- Classics, Greek Literature, Homer, Greek Epic

Traduzione letterale, interlineare dell'inizio del nono libro dell'Iliade, versi 1-113. Si tratta dell'assemblea greca che apre il libro, fino al termine del primo discorso di Nestore, in cui l'eroe suggerisce ad Agamennone, e all'assemblea riunita, di cercare un modo per convincere Achille deporre la sua ira e tornare a combattere.
La traduzione è accompagnata da note e commenti tratti, come sempre, dall'edizione commentata dell'Iliade di W. Leaf, e dal commentario edito da G. S. Kirk (per quest'ultimo, il commento è di B. Hainsworth).

- by Riccardo Guiffrey
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- Homer, Greek Lyric Poetry, Greek Epic, Formulaic Language
- by Elizabeth Stockdale
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- Greek Literature, Homer, Literary Criticism, Women in the ancient world
- by Adrian Kelly
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- Homer, Orality-Literacy Studies, Textual Criticism, Oral Traditions

The Odyssey: Critical Insights [table of contents]

- by Robert C . Evans
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- Homer, Homeric poetry, The Odyssey

Counselors, councilors and ambassadors are often complementary figures, but from Homeric Greece to classical Sparta we know of certain characters like the hero Odysseus or the Spartiate Lichas who perform all of these tasks (i.e. deliberating, deciding and delivering the decision) personally. Starting off with the analysis of the relevant literary sources, this paper proposes to address the following questions: what does the triple function of these figures imply for their respective duties? Can these cases be considered to be representative for Homeric Greece and Classical Sparta?

- by Fabian Schulz
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- Diplomatic History, Sparta, Archaic Greek history, Homeric poetry
- by Colin Ames
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- Homer, Greek Tragedy, Literature, Epic poetry
- by Bill Beck
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- Greek Literature, Homer, Narrative, Narratology

These two works (authors henceforth M. and V.) 1 comprise very different, and differently rewarding, approaches to the translation of Homer. Both volumes provide engaging introductions, though M.'s is somewhat more impressionistic, and Graziosi naturally affords V.'s tome more scholarly weight. Both, too, have relatively extensive notes on the translation and some information about the text (V. chooses H. van Thiel, Homeri Ilias, Olms, Hildesheim 1996, M. prefers M. L. West, Homeri Ilias, Teubner, Stuttgart 1998-2000, as well as maps and guides for further reading, though V. has the decided advantage of an index of personal names.

- by Adrian Kelly
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- Homer, Translation Studies, Translation, Homeric poetry

This very short exegetical essay points out some Homeric echoes in Alcaeus’ Song 130 V. He laments his current situation that hinder him from the participation to the politikos bios, probably due to a temporary defeat of his hetaireia. Homeric linguistic-lexical features and allusions suggest that he wish to communicate to his listeners his identification with Achilles, who was also confined amongst girls on the island of Skyros. Just as failed Thetis’ attempt to impede Achilles to participate in the Trojan war and cover himself of glory in spite of death, in the same way this temporary hindrance will fail and Alcaeus will re-start fighting, covering himself of glory.

- by ANDRÉ MALTA
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- Translation Studies, Greek Epic, Homeric poetry
- by Jenny Strauss Clay
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- Homeric poetry
- by Carlo Brillante
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- Greek Literature, Presocratic Philosophy, Dreams, Homeric poetry
- by George Grimbilas
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- Homer, Translation theory, Translation, Homeric poetry

For the last 2,500 years literature has been attacked, booed, and condemned, often for the wrong reasons and occasionally for very good ones. ‘The Hatred of Literature’ examines the evolving idea of literature as seen through the eyes of... more

- by William Marx
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- American Literature, Religion, Christianity, History

This contribution draws attention to the rhetorical aspects of Homeric poetry. Recent scholarship has shown that speeches in the Iliad and the Odyssey display various patterns, techniques and strategies of persuasion that were in later times taught by Greek and Roman rhetoricians. The first part of this essay explores the complex relationship between Homeric poetry and classical rhetoric. The second part examines the rhetorical techniques of Polyphemus, the Sirens, Calypso and Odysseus. It is argued that a rhetorical perspective on Homeric speeches can inform and enrich the reading experience of the Odyssey. A few didactic applications are suggested.

- by Casper C de Jonge
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- Homer, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Theory, Homeric poetry

Resumo: o artigo visa apresentar um modo de interpretação da personagem central da Odisseia por via de uma teoria da recepção focada no papel cocriador do recebedor. Está dividido em quatro partes: após a apresentação do problema, a segunda parte examina os passos-chave do poema (sobretudo dos cantos 9, 11 e 19) que embasam a argumentação da terceira, na qual são discutidos eventuais significados das ausências ou negações enformadas por Odisseu. A seção final argumenta pela possibilidade de leitura da Odisseia como um modo de ficção que não se perfaz nem como máscara nem como duplicidade, mas como alteridade radical em relação ao real. Palavras-chave: Odisseu; cocriação; estudos de recepção. Abstract: The article aims to present a way of interpreting the central character of the Odyssey through a theory of reception based on the co-creator role of the recipient. It is divided into four parts: after the presentation of the problem, the second part examines the key steps of the poem (especially of chants 9, 11 and 19) that support the argument of the third, in which are discussed possible meanings of absences or negations enformed by Odysseus. The final section argues for the possibility of reading the Odyssey as a mode of fiction that is neither mask nor duplicity, but as a radical alterity in relation to the real.

- by Breno Battistin Sebastiani
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- Homer, Reception Studies, Hermeneutics, Classical Reception Studies
- by Freddie Rokem and +1
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- Theatre Studies, Performance Studies, Walter Benjamin, Franz Kafka