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Informationen zum Autor Richard Rutherford was educated at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen and Worcester College, Oxford. Since 1982 he has been Tutor in Greek and Latin Literature at Christ Church, Oxford, and has written books and articles on a wide variety of authors. Among his publications are The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: A Study (1989), Homer: Odyssey 19 and 20 (Cambridge University Press, 1992), The Art of Plato (1995), Classical Literature: A Concise History (2005) and Greek Tragic Style: Form, Language and Interpretation (Cambridge University Press, 2012). Klappentext This edition is an introduction to the Iliad and Odyssey; including dating, context and interpretation. It contains an extensive bibliography. Zusammenfassung This is a revised version of the survey on Homer which the author originally published in 1996. It is a clear introduction to the Iliad and the Odyssey! and the problems of their dating! context and interpretation. An extensive bibliography gives expert guidance on many aspects of these extraordinary poems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Introduction: Background and Problems: 1. History, myth, poetry; 2. Poems behind poems; 3. Poetic language; 4. Light from the East?; 5. Early Greek hexameter poetry; 6. Dating the poems; 7. The debate on the oral epic tradition: Milman Parry and his followers; 8. But could Homer write?; 9. Sixth-century Athens; 10. Text and scholars; 11. Reception and interpretation; Part II. The Iliad: 12. Structure, characterisation, themes; 13. War and the hero; 14. Gods and men; 15. Choices and consequences; Part III. The Odyssey: 16. Must a sequel be inferior?; 17. Themes, structure, ethos; 18. Men, women and goddesses; 19. Endings; Part IV. Some Memorable Scenes: 20. Paris's bedchamber (Iliad 3. 424?); 21. Phoenix's memories (Iliad 9. 478?); 22. Patroclus brought low (Iliad 16. 777?0); 23. The horses of Achilles, gifts of the gods (Iliad 17.426?); 24. News comes to Achilles (Iliad 18. 15?, 50?; 25. The pride of Ajax (Odyssey 11. 543?); 26. Monster and man (Odyssey 12. 243?); 27. Travel and adventure (Odyssey 14. 196ff. (extracts)); Bibliographical note; Bibliography; About the author; Index....
