03266oam 22006254a 450 991052487850332120231013233550.01-61168-229-0(CKB)2670000000316216(EBL)1085087(OCoLC)823388668(SSID)ssj0000803819(PQKBManifestationID)11439404(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000803819(PQKBWorkID)10813729(PQKB)10329001(MiAaPQ)EBC1085087(OCoLC)489726354(MdBmJHUP)muse32018(EXLCZ)99267000000031621620090416d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Artistry of the Homeric SimileWilliam C. ScottHanover, N.H. :Published by University Press of New England,2009.©2009.1 online resource (279 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58465-797-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-256) and index.CONTENTS; Preface ·; CHAPTER ONE; Similes, the Shield of Achilles, and Other Digressions ·; The Usefulness of Book Divisions ·; CHAPTER TWO; The Simileme: The Background of the Homeric Simile ·; The Oral Nature of Homeric Verse ·; The Simileme ·; Homer and His Audience ·; Simile and Simileme ·; CHAPTER THREE; Homer's Use of Similes to Delineate Character and Plot ·; Iliad, Book 2: Ironic Characterization ·; The Similes of Book 2 ·; The Role of Similes in Book 2 ·; Iliad, Books 21 and 22: Similes to Show a Thematic Contrast ·; Iliad, Book 11: Similes to Mark a Shifting Scene ·; Conclusion ·CHAPTER FOURSimiles to Delineate a Narrative Theme ·; Iliad, Book 12: Direct Focus on a Single Theme ·; Iliad, Book 5: The Use of Parallel Similemes to Create a Unified Theme ·; Odyssey, Book 22: Similes to Interpret Typical Actions ·; Odyssey, Book 5: Thematic Similes ·; Conclusion ·; CHAPTER FIVE; Problem Books ·; Iliad, Book 13: The Ordering of Conscious Chaos ·; Iliad, Book 17: Similes as Guides through a Series of Type Scenes ·; Iliad, Book 16: Similes for Complexity ·; Conclusion ·; CHAPTER SIX; The Creative Poet and the Co-creating Audience ·; The Simile within the Narrative ·The Poet's Choices in Forming the Individual Simile ·The Creative Moment: Poet and Audience ·; Charts of Similemes: The Basic Motifs ·; Notes ·; Bibliography ·; Index ·An examination of the aesthetic qualities of the Homeric simileSimileRhetoric, AncientOral traditionGreeceOral-formulaic analysisGreek languageFigures of speechSimile.Rhetoric, Ancient.Oral traditionOral-formulaic analysis.Greek languageFigures of speech.883/.01Scott William C(William Clyde),1937-183690MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910524878503321Artistry of the Homeric simile1351017UNINA