
Homer's Ancient Readers
The Hermeneutics of Greek Epic's Earliest Exegetes
Princeton University Press
Published on 23. June 1992
Book
Hardback
228 pages
978-0-691-06934-0 (ISBN)
Description
Although the influence of Homer on Western literature has long commanded critical attention, little has been written on how various generations of readers have found meaning in his texts. These seven essays expore the ways in which the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" have been read from the time of Homer through the Renaissance. By asking what questions early readers expected the texts to answer and looking at how these expectations changed over time, the authors clarify the position of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" in the intellectual world of antiquity while offering historical insight into the nature of reading.
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"Seven lively essays clarify the place of Homeric epic within an intellectual history spanning a thousand years, raising issues that inevitably bear on the problem of reading itself." * Classical World *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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978-0-691-06934-0 (9780691069340)
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Homer's Ancient Readers
The Hermeneutics of Greek Epic's Earliest Exegetes
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