The Names Of Homeric Heroes

Author : Nikoletta Kanavou
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110422023

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The Names of Homeric Heroes by Nikoletta Kanavou Pdf

The purpose of this book is to contribute to the appreciation of the linguistic, literary and contextual value of Homeric personal names. This is an old topic, which famously interested Plato, and an object of constant scholarly attention from the time of ancient commentators to the present day. The book begins with an introduction to the particularly complex set of factors that affect all efforts to interpret Homeric names. The main chapters are structured around the character and action of selected heroes in their Homeric contexts (in the case of the Iliad, a heroic war; the Odyssey chapter encompasses more than one planes of action). They offer a survey of modern etymologies, set against ancient views on names and naming, in order to reconstruct (as far as possible) the reception of significant names by ancient audiences and further to shed light on the parameters surrounding the choice and use of personal names in Homer. An Appendix touches on the underexplored career of Homeric personal names as historical names, offering data and a preliminary analysis.

Author : Carolyn Higbie
Publisher : Scholarly Title
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Epic poetry, Greek
ISBN : UOM:39015032208178

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Heroes' Names, Homeric Identities by Carolyn Higbie Pdf

An account of the practice of naming the Homeric poems. Demonstrates how the mode of identification signals one's place in the social fabric, with or without the addition of personal history, and discusses word-play involving names and the possible evolutionary relationship between epithets and the proper nouns that constitute names in Homer. Other topics include the metrical utility of patronymics, and the naming of women in Homer. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Corinne Bonnet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009394789

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The Names of the Gods in Ancient Mediterranean Religions by Corinne Bonnet Pdf

From Greece to Palmyra, Tyre or Babylon, the names of the gods, like 'Thundering Zeus', 'Three-faced Moon', 'Baal of the Force' or the enigmatic YHWH, reveal their history, family ties, fields of competence and capacity for action. Shared or specific, these names bring to light networks of gods: the Saviour gods, the Ancestral gods, the gods of a city or a family. Names tell stories about the relationship between men and gods, gods and places, places and cultures and so on. They show how gods travel and spread, how they appear and disappear, how they participate in the political, social, intellectual history of each community. Through the study of divine names, the twelve chapters of this book unfold a gallery of portraits that reveal the changing aspects of the divine throughout the ancient Mediterranean.

Author : Michelle M. Kundmueller
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438476674

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Homer's Hero by Michelle M. Kundmueller Pdf

Draws on Plato to argue that Homer elevated private life as the locus of true friendship and the catalyst of the highest human excellence. Offering a new, Plato-inspired reading of the Iliad and the Odyssey, this book traces the divergent consequences of love of honor and love of one’s own private life for human excellence, justice, and politics. Analyzing Homer’s intricate character portraits, Michelle M. Kundmeuller concludes that the poet shows that the excellence or virtue to which humans incline depends on what they love most. Ajax’s character demonstrates that human beings who seek honor strive, perhaps above all, to display their courage in battle, while Agamemnon’s shows that the love of honor ultimately undermines the potential for moderation, destabilizing political order. In contrast to these portraits, the excellence that Homer links to the love of one’s own, such as by Odysseus and his wife, Penelope, fosters moderation and employs speech to resolve conflict. It is Odysseus, rather than Achilles, who is the pinnacle of heroic excellence. Homer’s portrait of humanity reveals the value of love of one’s own as the better, albeit still incomplete, precursor to a just political order. Kundmueller brings her reading of Homer to bear on contemporary tensions between private life and the pursuit of public honor, arguing that individual desires continue to shape human excellence and our prospects for justice. “A beautiful account of the Homeric hero, in all his complexity.” — Mary P. Nichols, author of Thucydides and the Pursuit of Freedom

Author : Ione Mylonas Shear
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture, Ancient
ISBN : UOM:39015055803194

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Tales of Heroes by Ione Mylonas Shear Pdf

A massive, extensively illustrated work constituting a rich survey and synthesis of scholarship on the Homeric question. Dr. Shear demonstrates that the origins of the tales, that later came to be kno wn as the Iliad and the Odyssey, are to be found in the Bronze Age. She re-examines the ancient references to Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey giving us a new understanding of the circumstances which led to the transcription of the texts we have today. Tales of Heroes provides new insights ...

Author : Homer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Epic poetry, Greek
ISBN : 9780761873693

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Homer by Homer Pdf

This is a complete translation into contemporary English of the ancient Greek epic by Homer. The translation by Charles Underwood is presented in prose to emphasize the distinctive narrative qualities that illustrate Homer's mastery of stirring language and evocative storytelling.

Author : Walter Leaf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590588324

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Some questions concerning the armour of Homeric heroes by Walter Leaf Pdf

Author : Christos Tsagalis,Andreas Markantonatos
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110559873

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The winnowing oar - New Perspectives in Homeric Studies by Christos Tsagalis,Andreas Markantonatos Pdf

In the wake of recent advances in the treatment of longstanding problems pertaining to the interpretation of Homeric poetry, this volume brings together cutting-edge research from a cohort of acclaimed scholars on Homer and the Homeric Hymns. The variety of topics covered spans the entire field of Homeric philology: the methods and solutions provided for a new edition of the Odyssey, the puzzle of the relation between the festival of the Panathenaea and the Homeric text, the disclosure of the meaning of notorious cruces pertaining to arcane formulas, the two emblematic heroes of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Achilles and Odysseus, Homeric poetics, the range and use of repetition in a traditional medium, the composition of the Homeric epics, the Apologoi and 'Cyclic' Narrative, as well as the Homeric Hymns to Hermes and Aphrodite.

Author : Homer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107067776

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Homer: Iliad Book XVIII by Homer Pdf

Presents an edition of this outstanding book containing a clear and readable introduction, concise notes on the text and strong literary appreciation.

Author : David Ricks
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1989-11-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521366631

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The Shade of Homer by David Ricks Pdf

In exploring the significance of Homer for the poetry of modern Greece - benign shade or looming shadow? - Dr Ricks is tackling a theme that has implications for the study of poetic influence in general. In this 1989 book, he takes the work of Sikelianos, Cavafy and Seferis and subjects a selection of poems to a careful scrutiny. These poems are not imitations of Homer but fresh engagements with Homeric themes, and comparison of the modern versions with the original is found to be illuminating for the poets' methods of composition. Dr Ricks does not lose sight of the larger significance of his subject, and modern poets from outside Greece - Eliot and Pound, in particular - find their way into the discussion. All Greek is translated and the reader has no need to be a specialist in modern or in ancient Greek to find this study absorbing and instructive.

Author : Marina Coray
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781501504419

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HOMER'S ILIAD COMM: BOOK XIX (CORAY) by Marina Coray Pdf

At the centre of the commentary on Book 19 of the Iliad is the interpretation of speeches and events at the assembly of the Achaean army. It is here that the argument between Achilles and Agamemnon was settled, thus enabling the Achaeans to take the field in the decisive battle against Hector and the Trojans.

Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547012443

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The World of Homer by Andrew Lang Pdf

The World of Homer is a book by Andrew Lang. Contents: Homer's World. The Four Ages Homeric Lands And Peoples Homeric Polity. The Over Lord Homer's World In Peace Men And Women The Homeric World In War Homeric Tactics and more.

Author : J ..... B ..... Morrit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1798
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z16454580X

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A Vindication of Homer and of the Ancient Poets and Historians, who Have Recorded the Siege and Fall of Troy by J ..... B ..... Morrit Pdf

Author : Samuel Eliot Bassett
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780520320369

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The Poetry of Homer by Samuel Eliot Bassett Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1938.

Author : Miriam Carlisle,Olga Levaniouk
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0847694240

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Nine Essays on Homer by Miriam Carlisle,Olga Levaniouk Pdf

The essays in this collection addresses questions of intense interest in Homeric studies today: the questions of performance and poet-audience interaction, especially as depicted in idealized performances within the Iliad and the Odyssey; the ways in which epic incorporates material of diverse genres, such as women's laments, blame poetry, or folk tales; how the ideological balance of epic can change and be influenced by 'alternative ideologies' introduced through the incorporation of new material; the implications of the continuity of tradition for etymological studies; and how the traditional nature of epic affects textual criticism. The essays differ in focus and method, but all share one fundamental approach to Homer: an understanding of the Homeric tradition as a poetic system that expresses and preserves what is culturally important and a view of the Homeric epics as instances of a cultural tradition which they attempt to explore through the epics themselves and through the comparative, anthropological, and linguistic evidence they bring to bear on these texts. A unique collection that explores Homeric poetry through a variety of tools and approaches--linguistics, philology, cultural anthropology, sociology, textual criticism, and archeology--this volume will be of interest to all scholars and students of oral poetry and Classical literature.