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Homer and Early Greek Epic
This chapter is in the book Homer and Early Greek Epic
© 2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Munich/Boston

© 2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Munich/Boston

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Preface VII
  3. Contents IX
  4. List of Abbreviations XIII
  5. List of the original publication venues XV
  6. Part I: Language and Diction
  7. 1. Is ΚΛΕΟΣ ΑΦΘΙΤΟΝ a Homeric Formula? 3
  8. 2. Homer’s View of the Epic Narrative: Some Formulaic Evidence 9
  9. 3. A Note on some Metrical Irregularities in Homer 15
  10. 4. Formulaic and Nonformulaic Elements in Homer 22
  11. 5. Homer, a Poet of an Individual Style 45
  12. 6. Oral Theory and the Limits of Formulaic Diction 53
  13. 7. More on ΚΛΕΟΣ ΑΦΘΙΤΟΝ 66
  14. 8. Late Features in the Speeches of the Iliad 78
  15. 9. Oral-Formulaic Theory and the Individual Poet 95
  16. 10. Equivalent Formulae for Zeus in Their Traditional Context 104
  17. Part II: Homer and Heroic Tradition
  18. 11. The First Song of Demodocus 113
  19. 12. A Creative Oral Poet and the Muse 118
  20. 13. How Could Achilles’ Fame Have Been Lost? 127
  21. 14. The Sources of Iliad 7 140
  22. 15. The End of the Heroic Age in Homer, Hesiod and the Cycle 150
  23. 16. Homer and his Peers: Neoanalysis, Oral Theory, and the Status of Homer 158
  24. 17. Meta-Cyclic Epic and Homeric Poetry 169
  25. 18. The Formation of the Homeric Epics 182
  26. Part III: Homer’s Worlds and Values
  27. 19. Royal Succession in Heroic Greece 199
  28. 20. Odysseus and the Genus ‘Hero’ 218
  29. 21. Patterns of Human Error in Homer 232
  30. 22. Timē and Aretē in Homer 251
  31. 23. Homer and the Bottomless Well of the Past 269
  32. 24. Greece in the Eighth Century BCE and the ‘Renaissance’ Phenomenon 278
  33. Part IV: Transmission and Reception
  34. 25. Ajax’s Entry in the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women 291
  35. 26. The Cypria, the Iliad, and the Problem of Multiformity in Oral and Written Tradition 305
  36. 27. Homer as a Foundation Text 318
  37. 28. ‘She Turns about in the Same Spot and Watches for Orion’: ancient criticism and exegesis of Od. 5.274 = Il. 18.488 331
  38. 29. Regional Texts and the Circulation of Books: The Case of Homer 340
  39. 30. Canonizing and Decanonizing Homer: Reception of the Homeric Poems in Antiquity and Modernity 353
  40. 31. Homer at the Panathenaia: Some possible Scenarios 365
  41. References 375
  42. General index 389
  43. Index of passages cited 399
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110671452-toc

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Preface VII
  3. Contents IX
  4. List of Abbreviations XIII
  5. List of the original publication venues XV
  6. Part I: Language and Diction
  7. 1. Is ΚΛΕΟΣ ΑΦΘΙΤΟΝ a Homeric Formula? 3
  8. 2. Homer’s View of the Epic Narrative: Some Formulaic Evidence 9
  9. 3. A Note on some Metrical Irregularities in Homer 15
  10. 4. Formulaic and Nonformulaic Elements in Homer 22
  11. 5. Homer, a Poet of an Individual Style 45
  12. 6. Oral Theory and the Limits of Formulaic Diction 53
  13. 7. More on ΚΛΕΟΣ ΑΦΘΙΤΟΝ 66
  14. 8. Late Features in the Speeches of the Iliad 78
  15. 9. Oral-Formulaic Theory and the Individual Poet 95
  16. 10. Equivalent Formulae for Zeus in Their Traditional Context 104
  17. Part II: Homer and Heroic Tradition
  18. 11. The First Song of Demodocus 113
  19. 12. A Creative Oral Poet and the Muse 118
  20. 13. How Could Achilles’ Fame Have Been Lost? 127
  21. 14. The Sources of Iliad 7 140
  22. 15. The End of the Heroic Age in Homer, Hesiod and the Cycle 150
  23. 16. Homer and his Peers: Neoanalysis, Oral Theory, and the Status of Homer 158
  24. 17. Meta-Cyclic Epic and Homeric Poetry 169
  25. 18. The Formation of the Homeric Epics 182
  26. Part III: Homer’s Worlds and Values
  27. 19. Royal Succession in Heroic Greece 199
  28. 20. Odysseus and the Genus ‘Hero’ 218
  29. 21. Patterns of Human Error in Homer 232
  30. 22. Timē and Aretē in Homer 251
  31. 23. Homer and the Bottomless Well of the Past 269
  32. 24. Greece in the Eighth Century BCE and the ‘Renaissance’ Phenomenon 278
  33. Part IV: Transmission and Reception
  34. 25. Ajax’s Entry in the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women 291
  35. 26. The Cypria, the Iliad, and the Problem of Multiformity in Oral and Written Tradition 305
  36. 27. Homer as a Foundation Text 318
  37. 28. ‘She Turns about in the Same Spot and Watches for Orion’: ancient criticism and exegesis of Od. 5.274 = Il. 18.488 331
  38. 29. Regional Texts and the Circulation of Books: The Case of Homer 340
  39. 30. Canonizing and Decanonizing Homer: Reception of the Homeric Poems in Antiquity and Modernity 353
  40. 31. Homer at the Panathenaia: Some possible Scenarios 365
  41. References 375
  42. General index 389
  43. Index of passages cited 399
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