Hippota Nestor / Douglas Frame.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frame, Douglas, 1942- author.

Contributor:

Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.)

Series:

Hellenic studies ; 37.

Hellenic studies ; 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homer--Characters--Nestor.

Homer.

Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism.

Epic poetry, Greek.

Trojan War--Literature and the war.

Trojan War.

Nestor (Greek mythology).

Homer. Odyssey.

Homer. Iliad.

Nestor.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 912 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University, 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"This book is about the Homeric figure Nestor. This study is important because it reveals a level of deliberate irony in the Homeric poems that has hitherto not been suspected, and because Nestor's role in the poems, which is built on this irony, is a key to the circumstances of the poems' composition. Nestor's stories about the past, especially his own youth, often lack purpose on the surface of the poems, but with a slight shift of focus they provide a deep commentary on the present action of both poems. Nestor's Homeric epithet, hippota, "the horseman," permits the necessary refocus. The combination of epithet and name, hippota Nestor, has Indo-European roots, as a comparison with Vedic Sanskrit shows. Interpreted in the context of the Indo-European twin myth, Nestor's role clearly points beyond itself to the key question in Homeric studies: the circumstances of the poems' composition. Nestor has a special relation to Ionia, where the Homeric poems were composed, and through Ionia to early Athens. The relationship between the Ionian city of Miletus and early Athens is particularly important. In addition to the role of these cities, the location of Nestor's city Pylos, an ancient conundrum, is sharply illuminated by this new interpretation of Nestor's Homeric role."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Part 1: Nestor's Indo-European Background. The Problem ; Greek ; Vedic ; Endnotes, Part 1.

Part 2: Nestor's Homeric. Iliad 11 ; Iliad 23 ; Odyssey 3 and Iliad 8 ; Odyssey 11 and the Phaeacians ; Endnotes, Part 2.

Part 3: Athens. Arete and Nausicaa ; The City Goddess of Athens ; Endnotes, Part 3.

Part 4: Ionia. The Panionic League ; The Festival of the Panionia and the Homeric Poems ; Endnotes, Part 4.

Part 5: Pylos. Iliad 11 and the Location of Homeric Pylos ; The Homeric Hymn to Apollo and the Text of Iliad 11 ; The Text of Iliad 11 in the Fifth Century BC ; Endnotes, Part 5.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Frame, Douglas, 1942- Hippota Nestor.

OCLC:

940858089

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.