Homer: Odyssey Books XIII and XIV

Informationen zum Autor Homer is the name ascribed by the Ancient Greeks to the semi-legendary author of the two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, the central works of Greek literature. Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical antiquity, the most widespread being that he was a blind bard from Ionia, a region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey. The modern scholarly consensus is that these traditions do not have any historical value.The importance of Homer to the ancient Greeks is described in Plato's Republic, where he is referred to as the protos didaskalos, "first teacher", of tragedy, the hegemon paideias, "leader of learning" and the one who ten Hellada pepaideuken, "has taught Greece". Homer's works, which are about fifty percent speeches, provided models in persuasive speaking and writing that were emulated throughout the ancient and medieval Greek worlds. Fragments of Homer account for nearly half of all identifiable Greek literary papyrus finds in Egypt. Klappentext New edition of the Greek text suitable for upper-level students, with full attention to literary-critical and linguistic matters. Zusammenfassung A new edition of the Greek text suitable for upper-level students. The Introduction illustrates the books' compositional subtleties! engagement with the Trojan War and novel interest in 'unepic' people and affairs! and discusses Homeric dialect! the metre and the text. The Commentary pays full attention to literary-critical and linguistic matters. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Text; Commentary.

Product details

• Authors: Homer
• Assisted by: A. M. Bowie (Editor), Bowie A. M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.01.2014
• EAN: 9780521763547
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76354-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; POETRY / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry by individual poets, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets