Homer S Ancient Readers

Author : Robert Lamberton,John J. Keaney
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780691604176

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Homer's Ancient Readers by Robert Lamberton,John J. Keaney Pdf

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 menaing in his texts. These seven essays explore the ways in which the Illiad 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 Illiad and the Odyssey in the intellectual world of antiqueity while offering historical insight into the nature of reading. The collection surveys the entire field of preserved ancient interpretations of Homer, beginning with the fictional audiences portrayed within the poems themselves, proceedings to readings by Aristotle, the Stoics, and Aristarchus and Crates, and culminating in the spritiualized allegorical reading current among Platonists of the fifth and sixth centuries C.E. The influence of these ancient interpretations is then examined in Byzantium and in the Latin West during the Renaissance. Contributors to this volume are Robert Browning, Anthony Grafton, Robert Lamberton, A.A. Long, James Porter, Nicholas Richardson, and Charles Segal. Robert Lamberton is Assistant Professor of Classics and John J. Keaney is Professor of Classics, both at Princeton University. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : John H. O'Neil,Timothy F. Winters
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780865167209

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Homer by John H. O'Neil,Timothy F. Winters Pdf

Selections from Homer's Iliad, each selection with vocabulary and grammar notes, exercises, and a grammar review.

Author : Homer,W. Lucas Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0649482611

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Ancient Classics for English Readers; Homer by Homer,W. Lucas Collins Pdf

Author : Kostas Myrsiades
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781684481323

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Reading Homer’s Odyssey by Kostas Myrsiades Pdf

Finalist for the 2020 PROSE Awards, Classics section Homer’s Odyssey is the first great travel narrative in Western culture. A compelling tale about the consequences of war, and about redemption, transformation, and the search for home, the Odyssey continues to be studied in universities and schools, and to be read and referred to by ordinary readers. Reading Homer’s Odyssey offers a book-by-book commentary on the epic’s themes that informs the non-specialist and engages the seasoned reader in new perspectives. Among the themes discussed are hospitality, survival, wealth, reputation and immortality, the Olympian gods, self-reliance and community, civility, behavior, etiquette and technology, ease, inactivity and stagnation, Penelope’s relationship with Odysseus, Telemachus’ journey, Odysseus’ rejection of Calypso’s offer of immortality, Odysseus’ lies, Homer’s use of the House of Atreus and other myths, the cinematic qualities of the epic’s structure, women’s role in the epic, and the Odyssey’s true ending. Footnotes clarify and elaborate upon myths that Homer leaves unfinished, explain terms and phrases, and provide background information. The volume concludes with a general bibliography of work on the Odyssey, in addition to the bibliographies that accompany each book’s commentary. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

Author : Homer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1996-10-10
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521465877

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The Triumph of Odysseus by Homer Pdf

The Triumph of Odysseus is part of the highly successful Reading Greek series. It presents the complete Greek text of Books 21 and 22 of Homer's Odyssey, faced with a running vocabulary with notes, and followed at the back of the book by a learning vocabulary. It is modelled on the two existing readers: A World of Heroes (1979) and The Intellectual Revolution (1980), and like them is fully illustrated. It makes an excellent introduction to Homer for those new to him, and provides accessible and confidence-building follow-up reading for others. The book can be used by anyone who has completed Reading Greek or is at an intermediate or advanced stage of ancient Greek, and it is ideal for use with students in the upper forms of schools, at university and in summer schools and weekend courses.

Author : Pamela Ann Draper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature
ISBN : 0472071920

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An Odyssey Reader by Pamela Ann Draper Pdf

A user-friendly edition for the student reading Homer in the original Greek

Author : Frank Beetham
Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998-02-27
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015049678025

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Beginning Greek with Homer by Frank Beetham Pdf

This introduction to Homer assumes no prior knowledge of Greek. The first six sections deal with the elements of grammar that are a necessary preliminary to study. From the seventh section onwards the course proceeds through the "Odyssey", Book Five, with grammatical explanations and exercises.

Author : Homer,Frederic Aldin Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 143687663X

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Homeric Stories for Young Readers (1903) by Homer,Frederic Aldin Hall Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Richard Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108428316

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The Measure of Homer by Richard Hunter Pdf

Placing homer -- Homer and the divine -- The golden verses -- Homer among the scholars -- The pleasures of song

Author : Homer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0198788800

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Odyssey by Homer Pdf

Since their composition almost 3,000 years ago the Homeric epics have lost none of their power to grip audiences and fire the imagination: with their stories of life and death, love and loss, war and peace they continue to speak to us at the deepest level about who we are across the span of generations. That being said, the world of Homer is in many ways distant from that in which we live today, with fundamental differences not only in language, social order, and religion, but in basic assumptions about the world and human nature. This volume offers a detailed yet accessible introduction to ancient Greek culture through the lens of Book One of the Odyssey, covering all of these aspects and more in a comprehensive Introduction designed to orient students in their studies of Greek literature and history. The full Greek text is included alongside a facing English translation which aims to reproduce as far as feasible the word order and sound play of the Greek original and is supplemented by a Glossary of Technical Terms and a full vocabulary keyed to the specific ways that words are used in Odyssey I. At the heart of the volume is a full-length line-by-line commentary, the first in English since the 1980s and updated to bring the latest scholarship to bear on the text: focusing on philological and linguistic issues, its close engagement with the original Greek yields insights that will be of use to scholars and advanced students as well as to those coming to the text for the first time.

Author : Raymond V. Schoder,Vincent C. Horrigan
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-22
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781585107049

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A Reading Course in Homeric Greek, Book 1 by Raymond V. Schoder,Vincent C. Horrigan Pdf

A Reading Course in Homeric Greek, Book One, Third Edition is a revised edition of the well respected text by Frs. Schoder and Horrigan. This text provides an introduction to Ancient Greek language as found in the Greek of Homer. Covering 120 lessons, readings from Homer begin after the first 10 lessons in the book. Honor work, appendices, and vocabularies are included, along with review exercises for each chapter with answers.

Author : Clyde Pharr
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0806119373

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Homeric Greek by Clyde Pharr Pdf

For many years, Homeric Greek has been a standard textbook for first-year Greek courses in college and preparatory schools. This fourth edition addresses the needs of today's teachers and students, while retaining those elements of the original book responsible for its longevity.

Author : Homer
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Poetry
ISBN : EAN:8596547010869

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The Odyssey by Homer Pdf

The Odyssey is an epic poem written by Homer around the 9th century BC. It follows the Greek hero Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and his voyage home following the Trojan War.

Author : William Allan
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781472502971

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Homer: The Iliad by William Allan Pdf

This book offers a clear and stimulating introduction to Homer's Iliad, the greatest poem of Western culture. It discusses central aspects of the work (including the tradition of oral poetry, the style and structure of the epic, and its depiction of the gods, heroism, war, and gender roles) and guides the reader in understanding the skill and profundity of Homer's achievement. This introduction is ideal for undergraduates and students in the upper forms of schools, but it requires no knowledge of ancient Greek and is intended for all readers interested in Homer. The Classical World series is well established and explores the culture and achievements of the civilizations of Greece and Rome. Concise yet informative and stimulating, each book includes illustrations and suggestions for further reading and study. Designed specifically for students and teachers of Classical Civilization at late school and early university level, the series provides an up-to-date collection of accessible guides to the history, institutions, literature, art and values of the Classical world.

Author : W Lucas Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798720397579

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Ancient Classics for English Readers by W Lucas Collins Pdf

It is quite unnecessary here to discuss the question, on which the learned are very far from being agreed, wheth-er Homer-the "Prince of Poets"-had any real existence; whether he was really the author of the two great poems which bear his name, or whether they are the collected works of various hands, dovetailed into each other by some clever editor of ancient times. Homer will still re-tain his personality for the uncritical reader, however a sceptical criticism may question it. The blind old bard, wandering from land to land, singing his lays of the old heroic times to a throng of admiring listeners, must al-ways continue to be the familiar notion of the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Such was the universal creed of the world of readers until a comparatively recent date; and the speculations of modern scholars, in this as in oth-er cases, have been much more successful in shaking the popular belief than in replacing it by any constructive theory of their own which is nearly so credible. "Homer" is quite as likely to have been really Homer, as a mere name under whose shadow the poems of various un-known writers have been grouped.