Allegories of the Iliad

As a didactic explanation of pagan ancient Greek culture to Orthodox Christians, John Tzetzes’s Allegories of the Iliad is deeply rooted in the mid-twelfth-century circumstances of the cosmopolitan Comnenian court. As a critical reworking of the Iliad, it is part of the millennia-long global tradition of Homeric adaptation.

About the author

Adam J. Goldwyn is Assistant Professor of Medieval Literature and English at North Dakota State University.Dimitra Kokkini is Associate Lecturer in Classics at Birkbeck, University of London.

Summary

As a didactic explanation of pagan ancient Greek culture to Orthodox Christians, John Tzetzes’s Allegories of the Iliad is deeply rooted in the mid-twelfth-century circumstances of the cosmopolitan Comnenian court. As a critical reworking of the Iliad, it is part of the millennia-long global tradition of Homeric adaptation.

Product details

• Authors: John Tzetzes
• Assisted by: Adam J Goldwyn (Translation), Adam J. Goldwyn (Translation), Goldwyn Adam J. (Translation), Dimitra Kokkini (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.04.2015
• EAN: 9780674967854
• ISBN: 978-0-674-96785-4
• No. of pages: 608
• Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Literary studies: poetry & poets, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Byzantine Empire