Homeric Variations on Lament By Briseis

Informationen zum Autor Casey Dué is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Houston. She holds a B.A. in Classics from Brown University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Classical Philology from Harvard University. Her teaching and research interests include ancient Greek oral traditions, Homeric poetry, Greek tragedy, and textual criticism. Klappentext Casey Dué examines the figure of Briseis, the concubine of Achilles in the Iliad , as an example of the traditional artistry enabled by a complex and self-contained oral poetic system. Briseis' lament for Patroclus in Iliad 19 hints at her role in the larger epic tradition. Dué argues that Briseis' role in the Iliad is enormously compressed, both in relation to the Iliad and the entire tradition of the epic cycle. Through a close reading of Homeric passages, Homeric Variations on a Lament by Briseis shows how the Iliad refers to expanded and alternative traditions about Briseis even while asserting its own version of her story. Zusammenfassung An examination of the figure of Briseis! Achilles' concubine in the "Iliad"! as an example of the traditional artistry enabled by the oral poetic system. It argues that Briseis' role in the "Iliad" is enormously compressed! both in relation to the "Iliad" and the tradition of the epic cycle. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: Variations on Briseis Chapter 2 1. Briseis and the Multiformity of the Iliad Chapter 3 2. Prize Chapter 4 3. Girl Chapter 5 4. Wife Chapter 6 Conclusion: Tradition and Innovation Chapter 7 Afterword: Elegizing Briseis in Augustan Rome

Product details

• Authors: Casey Du-, Casey Due, Casey Dué, Casey Duz
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.07.2002
• EAN: 9780742522183
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-2218-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches; Greek Studies; Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches; Greek Studies: Interdisciplina; Greek Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Altgriechisch, Altes Griechenland, Vorzeit, Frühgeschichte vor Christi Geburt, Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory