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Blood and Iron
Stories and Storytelling in Homer's Odyssey
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English
Published/Copyright:
1995
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Blood and Iron is an exploration of the role of gossip, rumor and storytelling in the society depicted in the Odyssey and in the real world in which the poem was performed. It includes extensive analysis of Homeric narrative technique, with particular attention to the way the singer creates tension in a largely traditional tale.
Individual chapters treat discrete, generally very traditional literary and historical problems, including the significance of the term kleos, the presentation of Telemachos, the internal chronology of the poem, the nature of Homeric kingship, and the role of violence in the ancient Greek family.
The book will be of importance for anyone interested in the literary content or storytelling technique of Homeric epic, as well for historians of the late Dark Ages.
Individual chapters treat discrete, generally very traditional literary and historical problems, including the significance of the term kleos, the presentation of Telemachos, the internal chronology of the poem, the nature of Homeric kingship, and the role of violence in the ancient Greek family.
The book will be of importance for anyone interested in the literary content or storytelling technique of Homeric epic, as well for historians of the late Dark Ages.
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S. Douglas Olson, Ph.D. (1987) in Greek, Bryn Mawr College, is Assistant Professor of the Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has published extensively on Homer and Aristophanes.
Reviews
'He shows an excellent knowledge of the text and the bibliography, and his views are often original and always worthy of consideration. The volume is good reading, and will profit anyone interested in the major issues of the poem.'
Mark W. Edwards, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 1995.
'...judicious conclusions with very full reference to current debate; particularly good is his luced analysis of notorious problems of interpretation...'
Chris Emlyn-Jones, The Classical Review, 1996.
Mark W. Edwards, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 1995.
'...judicious conclusions with very full reference to current debate; particularly good is his luced analysis of notorious problems of interpretation...'
Chris Emlyn-Jones, The Classical Review, 1996.
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July 17, 2018
eBook ISBN:
9789004329539
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260
eBook ISBN:
9789004329539
