The Homer encyclopedia /

The Homer encyclopedia / edited by Margalit Finkelberg. - Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 - 3 v. : ill., maps 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

V. 1. A-G -- v. 2. H-Q -- v. 3. R-Z.

(2) Synchronic Axis, or that of the Homeric text proper, which addresses Homer's language, meter, style, and narrative Homeric society, religion, and values the historical background of the Homeric poems the history of the interpretation of the Homeric poems and their reception in literature, philiosophy, and art the view of the poets and poetry, as well as various aspects of Homer's world. This reference work covers Homer's world, the historical and cultural background of Iliad and the Odyssey, Homeric scholarship, and the reception of Homer in education, literature, and art from antiquity to the present day, including the Early Christian, Jewish, and Arabic traditions. The entries do not feature proper names encountered in Homer are arranged around two main axes: (1) diachronic, or historical, axis, addressing such topics as Greek epic tradition

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PA 4037.A5 / .H752 2011