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Author:

West, M. L. (Martin Litchfield), 1937-

Title:

Hellenica : selected papers on Greek literature and thought / M.L. West.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011-

Description:

v. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Greek literature--History and criticism.
Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism.
Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

v. 1. Epic: Greek poetry 2000-700 BC -- Curtains in the wind: three reviews -- An unrecognized injunctive usage in Greek -- The rise of the Greek epic -- The descent of the Greek epic: a reply -- Immortal Helen -- History and prehistory: the Troy saga -- Phasis and Aia -- Orpheus and the Argonauts -- Grated cheese fit for heroes -- The singing of Homer -- Hesiod's titans -- Is the Works and days an oral poem? --The transition from oral to written -- On editing Homer -- Book division (Martin and Stephanie West) -- The date of the Iliad -- Echoes of Hesiod and elegy in the Iliad -- The Achaean wall -- Iliad and Aethiopis -- The gardens of Alcinous and the oral dictated text theory -- Odyssey and Argonautica -- The fragmentary Homeric Hymn to Dionysus -- Cynaethus' Hymn to Apollo -- Magnes of Smyrna: a Greek poet at the court of Gyges -- "Eumelos": a Corinthian epic cycle? -- The view from Lesbos -- The invention of Homer.

ISBN:

0199605017 (v. 1)
9780199605019 (v. 1)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)759581752

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)