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The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle
Jonathan S. Burgess
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Paperback. He traces the development and transmission of the Cyclic poems in ancient Greek culture, comparing them to later Homeric poems and finding that they were far more influential than has previously been thought. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Although the Iliad and Odyssey narrate only relatively small portions of the Trojan War and its aftermath, for centuries these works have overshadowed other, more comprehensive narratives of the conflict, particularly the poems known as the Epic Cycle. In The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle, Jonathan Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the war's history and the legends surrounding it, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age. He traces the development and transmission of ... Read more
Although the Iliad and Odyssey narrate only relatively small portions of the Trojan War and its aftermath, for centuries these works have overshadowed other, more comprehensive narratives of the conflict, particularly the poems known as the Epic Cycle. In The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle, Jonathan Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the war's history and the legends surrounding it, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age. He traces the development and transmission of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
438g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801878909
SKU
V9780801878909
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About Jonathan S. Burgess
Jonathan S. Burgess is an associate professor of classical studies at the University of Toronto.
Reviews for The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle
A lively and venturesome study of the relationship between the Homeric epics and the largely lost Cyclic poems... A very interesting and accessible book.
S. Douglas Olson Religious Studies Review This is a bracingly skeptical treatment of some important issues... A fresh, engaging exercise in heterodox scholarship. Greece and Rome [Jonathan Burgess] has firmly established the case that the ... Read more
S. Douglas Olson Religious Studies Review This is a bracingly skeptical treatment of some important issues... A fresh, engaging exercise in heterodox scholarship. Greece and Rome [Jonathan Burgess] has firmly established the case that the ... Read more