LEADER 04873nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910143286003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78268-320-8 010 $a1-280-28587-7 010 $a9786610285877 010 $a0-470-79489-5 010 $a1-4051-6590-1 010 $a0-470-99661-7 010 $a1-4051-5304-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342161 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000126055 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11143026 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000126055 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10032217 035 $a(PQKB)10907275 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC243563 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4956251 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL243563 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10158701 035 $a(OCoLC)935228389 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4956251 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL28587 035 $a(OCoLC)1027166651 035 $a(PPN)24415595X 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342161 100 $a20040803d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 02$aA companion to ancient epic /$fedited by John Miles Foley 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$d2005 215 $axxiv, 664 p. $cill., map 225 1 $aBlackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-4051-8838-3 311 $a1-4051-0524-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction / John Miles Foley -- Epic as genre / Richard P. Martin -- The Indo-European context / Joshua T. Katz -- Epic and myth / Lowell Edmunds -- Performance / Minna Skafte Jensen -- Epic and history / Kurt A. Raaflaub -- The epic hero / Gregory Nagy -- The gods in epic, or, The divine economy / Bruce Louden -- Women in epic / Helene P. Foley -- Archaeological contexts / Susan Sherratt -- The physical media : tablet, scroll, codex / Michael W. Haslam -- Ancient reception / Robert Lamberton -- Translations / Richard Hamilton Armstrong -- Analogues : modern oral epics / John Miles Foley -- Comparative observations on the Near Eastern epic traditions / Jack M. Sasson -- Mesopotamian epic / Scott B. Noegel -- Epic in Ugaritic literature / N. Wyatt -- Hurrian/Hittite epic / Gary Beckman -- Persian/Iranian epic / Olga M. Davidson -- Hebrew epic / Susan Niditch -- Near Eastern connections / Walter Burkert -- Homer's Iliad / Mark W. Edwards -- Homer's Odyssey / Laura M. Slatkin -- Hesiod / Stephanie Nelson -- Epic cycle and fragments / Jonathan S. Burgess -- Apollonius of Rhodes / D. P. Nelis -- Quintus of Smyrna / Alan James -- Nonnus / Robert Shorrock -- Epic and other genres in the ancient Greek world / R. Scott Garner -- Homer's post-classical legacy / Casey Due? -- Origins and essence / Joseph Farrell -- Early republican epic / Sander M. Goldberg -- Lucretius / Monica R. Gale -- Virgil's Aeneid / Michael C. J. Putnam -- Ovid / Carole E. Newlands -- Lucan / Shadi Bartsch -- Valerius Flaccus / Andrew Zissos -- Statius / William J. Dominik -- Silius Italicus / Raymond D. Marks -- Claudian / Michael H. Barnes -- Latin Christian epics of late antiquity / Dennis E. Trout -- Epic and other genres / R. Jenkyns -- Virgil's post-classical legacy / Craig Kallendorf. 330 $aA Companion to Ancient Epic presents for the first time a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ancient Near Eastern, Greek and Roman epic. It offers a multi-disciplinary discussion of both longstanding ideas and newer perspectives. A Companion to the Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman epic traditionsConsiders the interrelation between these different traditionsProvides a balanced overview of longstanding ideas and newer perspectives in the study of epicShows how scholarship over the last forty years has transformed the ways that we conceive of and understand the genreCovers recently introduced topics, such as the role of women, the history of reception, and comparison with living analogues from oral traditionThe editor and contributors are leading scholars in the fieldIncludes a detailed index of poems, poets, technical terms, and important figures and events. 410 0$aBlackwell companions to the ancient world.$pLiterature and culture. 606 $aEpic poetry$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEpic literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEpic poetry, Classical$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aEpic poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEpic literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEpic poetry, Classical$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a809.1/32 701 $aFoley$b John Miles$0486363 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910143286003321 996 $aA companion to ancient epic$91757463 997 $aUNINA