The Measure of Homer: The Ancient Reception of the Iliad and the Odyssey

ISBN-13: 9781108428316 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 264 str.

Richard Hunter

Opis

Homer was the greatest and most influential Greek poet: this book explores his influence on all subsequent literature and culture.

Recenzje

'H. convincingly demonstrates how greatly modern interpretations of perennially popular Homeric scenes (such as Odysseus among the Sirens or Achilles and his lyre) can be enriched by engaging with ancient readers as diverse as Horace, Dio Chrysostom, Clement of Alexandria and Sextus Empiricus along the way.' Anna Stelow, Religious Studies Review

Spis treści

1. Placing Homer; 2. Homer and the divine; 3. The Golden Verses; 4. Homer among the scholars; 5. The pleasures of song.