Diachronic Dialogues: Authority and Continuity in Homer and the Homeric Tradition

by Ahuvia Kahane

Book Overview

Diachronic Dialogues considers central aspects of Homer's poetry, such as truth, knowledge, gender, virtue and the heroic code, authorship, memory and song, diction and formula. This book makes the case for performative, rather than essential values in the Illiad and the Odyssey.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739111345
• ISBN13: 9780739111345
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.0"