Homer's people : epic poetry and social formation /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Series: | Cambridge classical studies.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
