The Art and Rhetoric of the Homeric Catalogue

The Art and Rhetoric of the Homeric Catalogue
Author: Benjamin Sammons
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2010
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0195375688
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This book takes a fresh look at a familiar element of the Homeric epics - the poetic catalogue. It shows that in a variety of contexts, Homer uses catalogue poetry not only to develop his themes, but to comment on the ideals and limitations of the epic genre itself.


The Art and Rhetoric of the Homeric Catalogue
Language: en
Pages: 244

The Art and Rhetoric of the Homeric Catalogue

Authors: Benjamin Sammons
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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This book takes a fresh look at a familiar element of the Homeric epics - the poetic catalogue. It shows that in a variety of contexts, Homer uses catalogue poe
The Art and Rhetoric of the Homeric Catalogue
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The Art and Rhetoric of the Homeric Catalogue

Authors: Benjamin Sammons
Categories: Epic poetry, Greek
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher:

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This book takes a fresh look at a familiar element of the Homeric epics - the poetic catalogue. It shows that in a variety of contexts, Homer uses catalogue poe
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-14 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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In the popular imagination, Homer as author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, epitomises poetic genius. So, when scholars proposed that the Homeric epics were not t
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-06 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Language: en
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Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-02-22 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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