Early Greek epic : language, interpretation, performance / Christos Tsagalis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsagalis, Christos, author.

Series:

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; Volume 138.

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; Volume 138

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism.

Epic poetry, Greek.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2023]

Summary:

In the last fifty years major developments have taken place, both in the field of Homeric studies and in the rest of early Greek epic. These developments have not only created a more solid basis for studying the Homeric epics, but they have also broadened our horizons with respect to the place of Homeric poetry within a larger cultural milieu. The impressive advances in Hesiodic studies, the more systematic approach to the Epic Cycle, the more nuanced use and re-evaluation of dominant twentieth-century theories like Neoanalysis and Oral Theory, the study of other fragmentary Greek epic, the cognitive turn, narratology, the performance of epic poetry in the ancient and modern world, the fruitful utilization of Indo-European material, and the widely accepted recognition of the close relation between Homer and the mythology and literature of the ancient Near East have virtually shaped anew the way we read and understand Homer, Hesiod, and early Greek epic. The studies collected in this volume are informed by most of the aforementioned sub-fields and span four research areas: (i) Homer; (ii) Hesiod; (iii) the Epic Cycle; (d) the performance of epic.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

List of Abbreviations

List of the Original Publication Venues

List of Tables

Introduction

Part I: Homer

1 Towards an Oral, Intertextual Neoanalysis

2 Detextualizing Homer: Intonation Units, Background Knowledge, and the Proems of the Iliad and the Odyssey

3 The Dynamic Hypertext: Lists and Catalogues in the Homeric Epics

4 Naming Helen: Localization, Meter, and Semantics of a Homeric Character

5 Epic Space Revisited: Narrative and Intertext in the Episode between Diomedes and Glaucus (Il. 6.119–236)

6 Ἀπ᾽/κατ᾽ αἰγίλιπος πέτρης: Homeric Iconyms and Hittite Answers

7 Revisiting an Old Crux: Iliad 11.609–610

8 Iliad 11.662: A Note

9 Deauthorizing the Epic Cycle: Odysseus’ False Tale to Eumaeus (Od. 14.199–359)

Part II: Hesiod

10 Poetry and Poetics in the Hesiodic Corpus

11 Soundplay in the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women

Part III: The Epic Cycle

12 The Gods in Cyclic Epic

13 γυναίων εἵνεκα δώρων: Interformularity and Intertraditionality in Theban and Homeric Epic

14 Cypria fr. 19 (PEG, GEF): A Reconsideration

15 Telegony

16 Verses Attributed to the Telegony

Part IV: The Performance of Epic

17 Ἀοιδός and ῥαψῳδός: Methodological Problems and Assumptions

18 Performance Contexts for Rhapsodic Recitals in the Archaic and Classical Periods

19 Performance Contexts for Rhapsodic Recitals in the Hellenistic Period

20 Rhapsodes and Rhapsodic Recitals in the Imperial Period

Bibliography

General Index

Index of Hesiodic and Homeric Passages

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-11-098138-6