The tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the epic cycle / / Jonathan S. Burgess

• Autore: Burgess Jonathan S. <1960->
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Disciplina: 883/.01
• Soggetto topico: Epic poetry, Greek - History and criticism; Trojan War - Literature and the war; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Literature and history - Greece; Lost literature - Greece; Cycles (Literature)
• Soggetto geografico: Troy (Extinct city) In literature
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-277) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: ONE -- The Epic Cycle and the Tradition of the Trojan War 7 -- Origins of the Cycle Poems -- The Manufacture of the Epic Cycle -- The "Cyclic" Tradition of the Trojan War -- "Cyclic" Trojan War Images -- Later Manifestations -- TWO -- Homer and the Tradition of the Trojan War 47 -- "Cyclic"Myth in the Homeric Poems -- The Date of the Homeric Poems -- Iliadic Images -- Cyclops: Image and Folktale -- Homeric Passages -- THREE -- The Epic Cycle and Homer 132 -- Cropping around the Homeric Poems -- Extent of the Cycle Poems -- Homeric Influence on the Epic Cycle? -- Non-HomericAspects of the Epic Cycle.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the epic cycle
• ISBN: 0-8018-7481-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816865203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II