Homer the Preclassic: Volume 67

by Gregory Nagy

Book Overview

Homer the Preclassic considers the development of the Homeric poems-in particular the Iliad and Odyssey -during the time when they were still part of the oral tradition. Gregory Nagy traces the evolution of rival "Homers" and the different versions of Homeric poetry in this pretextual period, reconstructed over a time frame extending back from the sixth century BCE to the Bronze Age. Accurate in their linguistic detail and surprising in their implications,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520256921
• ISBN13: 9780520256927
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"