The tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the epic cycle /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Jonathan S. Burgess.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Baltimore, Md. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Johns Hopkins University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvi, 295 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-277) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. The Epic Cycle and the Tradition of the Trojan War. Origins of the Cycle Poems. The Manufacture of the Epic Cycle. The "Cyclic" Tradition of the Trojan War. "Cyclic" Trojan War Images. Later Manifestation -- 2. Homer and the Tradition of the Trojan War. "Cyclic" Myth in the Homeric Poems. The Date of the Homeric Poems. Iliadic Images. Cyclops: Image and Folktale. Homeric Passages -- 3. The Epic Cycle and Homer. Cropping around the Homeric Poems. Extent of the Cycle Poems. Homeric Influence on the Epic Cycle? Non-Homeric Aspects of the Epic Cycle -- App. A. Photius and Proclus -- App. B. Schematization of R. Cook's Tables -- App. C. Trojan War Images to 600 B.C.E. -- App. D. Blinding and Escape Images -- App. E. Select Epic Passages Featuring Leaves.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the history and legends of the Trojan War, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of the Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the epic cycle.
Title
Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the epic cycle.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Homer-- Influence.
Homer-- Knowledge-- Troy (Extinct city)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cycles (Literature)
Epic poetry, Greek-- History and criticism.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)-- History-- To 1500.