Homer's People: Epic Poetry and Social Formation - Couverture souple

Haubold, Johannes

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521066417 ISBN 13 : 9780521066419

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book examines the role and character of Homer's people, laoi, in Homeric story-telling, arguing that Homeric poetry is crucially concerned with the people as a basis for communal life. Both The Iliad and The Odyssey are read as sustained meditations on the processes involved in protecting and destroying the people. The investigation draws on a wide range of approaches from formulaic analysis to the study of early performance contexts. From a close reading of the Homeric epics, Homer's people emerge as a community without effective social structures. When this is viewed from the perspective of Homeric performances in the polis, a contrast between Homer's laoi and the founding people of ritual emerges. While the former typically perish, the survival of the latter is secured by the establishment of successful institutions.

Revue de presse

Review of the hardback: '... a very good book that breaks much new ground.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521066417
• ISBN 13: 9780521066419
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 260