Conflict and Consensus in Early Greek Hexameter Poetry

ISBN-13: 9781316625989 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 238 str.

Paola Bassino; Lilah Grace Canevaro; Barbara Graziosi

Opis

A fresh and wide-ranging exploration across the whole of early Greek hexameter poetry, focusing on issues of poetics and metapoetics.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Gods: 1. Conflict, consensus and closure in Hesiod's Theogony and Enūma eliš Johannes Haubold; 2. Divine conflict and the problem of Aphrodite Barbara Graziosi; 3. Sparring partners: fraternal relations in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes Oliver Thomas; Part II. Heroes: 4. Achilles in control? Managing oneself and others in the funeral games Adrian Kelly; 5. Uncertainty and the possibilities of violence: the quarrel in Odyssey 8 Jon Hesk; 6. ΙΡΟΣ ΙΑΜΒΙΚΟΣ: archilochean Iambos and the Homeric poetics of conflict Donald Lavigne; 7. Conflict and consensus in the epic cycle Jim Marks; Part III. Men: 8. Fraternal conflict in Hesiod's Works and Days Lilah Grace Canevaro; 9. On constructive conflict and disruptive peace: the Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi Paola Bassino.