Homer: The Iliad

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Cambridge University Press, 2004. jan. 12. - 103 oldal
This volume is a distinctive critical introduction to Homer's Iliad, the earliest epic poem, and the earliest known work of literature in ancient Greece. Michael Silk deals with the poem's historical context, its composition and its extensive influence, and relates its literary power to the peculiar coherence and inter-relation of such aspects of the poem as its style, character-portrayal and ideology. This revised edition takes account of recent scholarship in the field and includes an updated guide to further reading. It is essential reading for students of literature and classics.

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Homers world and the making of the Iliad
1
2 The Dark Age and eighthcentury panHellenism
2
3 The date of the Iliad
3
4 Homer
4
5 Do we have Homers Iliad?
6
Oral poetry performance and public
11
the formulaic system
14
conclusions
21
14 Translation
40
15 Stylisation and immediacy
47
16 Heroism
61
17 War
64
18 Gods and men
69
19 The characters and their presentation
72
20 Achilles
76
21 Achilles and heroic ideology
84

9 The language of the Iliad
23
10 Society in the Iliad
24
11 The religious background
25
The poem
28
13 Shape and structure
32
22 Conclusions
85
The Iliad and world literature
93
24 The Iliad the Odyssey the Aencid and Paradise Lost
95
Guide to further reading
99
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