Homeric Responses

by Gregory Nagy

The Homeric Iliad and Odyssey are among the world's foremost epics. Yet, millennia after their composition, basic questions remain about them. Who was Homer-a real or an ideal poet? When were the poems composed-at a single point in time, or over centuries of composition and performance? And how were the poems committed to writing? These uncertainties have been known as The Homeric Question, and many scholars, including Gregory Nagy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292705549
• ISBN13: 9780292705548
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 9.0"