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Homer's People: Epic Poetry and Social Formation (Cambridge Classical Studies)
Homer's People Epic Poetry and Social Formation - Cambridge Classical Studies
Author: Johannes Haubold
This is the first study to examine in detail the role and character of Homer's people (Greek laoi) in Homeric storytelling, 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 and destroying the pe...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521770095
ISBN-10: 0521770092
Publication Date: 4/13/2000
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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