
Homer and the Odyssey
Suzanne Said(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 22. September 2011
Book
Hardback
428 pages
978-0-19-954284-0 (ISBN)
Description
Who was Homer? This book takes us beyond the legends of the blind bard or the wandering poet to explore an author about whom nothing is known, except for his works. It offers a reading of the ancient biographies as clues to the reception of the Homeric poems in Antiquity and provides an introduction to the oral tradition which lay at the source of the Homeric epics. Above all, it takes us into the world of the Odyssey, a world that lies between history and fiction. It guides the reader through a poem which rivals the modern novel in its complexity, demonstrating the unity of the poem as a whole. It defines the many and varied figures of otherness by which the Greeks of the archaic period defined themselves and underlines the values promoted by the poem's depictions of men, women, and gods. Finally, it asks why, throughout the centuries from Homer to Kazantzakis and Joyce, the hero who never forgets his homeland and dreams constantly of return has never ceased to be the incarnation of what it is to be human.
This translation is a revised and much expanded version of the original French text, and includes a new chapter on the representation of women in the Odyssey and an updated bibliography.
This translation is a revised and much expanded version of the original French text, and includes a new chapter on the representation of women in the Odyssey and an updated bibliography.
Reviews / Votes
Said carefully guides the reader between the classic's history and fiction, demonstrating its astonishing complexity and unity ... Highly recommended. * R. Cormier, CHOICE *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
This volume will prove useful for students in Classical Studies and Literature, and readers of Ancient Greek Literautre.
Illustrations
No
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
732 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-954284-0 (9780199542840)
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Suzanne Said
Homer and the Odyssey
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09/2011
Oxford University Press
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Persons
Suzanne Said is Professor of Classics at Columbia University, New York.
Author
, Professor of Classics at Columbia University, New York.
Translation
Professor of Greek, Universite Lille
Content
PREFACE; NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY