Homer's People
Homer's People
Epic Poetry and Social Formation
Johannes Haubold, University of Durham
March 2014
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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 people. The investigation draws on a wide range of approaches from formulaic analysis to the study of early performance contexts.
- Was the first major study of this topic
- Fresh insights into the contribution made by Homer's poems to life in the Greek city-state
- Detailed study of both The Iliad and The Odyssey
Reviews & endorsements
Review of the hardback: '… a very good book that breaks much new ground.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Product details
April 2000Hardback
9780521770095
258 pages
216 × 140 × 19 mm
0.48kg
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Laoi in early Greek hexameter poetry
- 2. Homer's people
- 3. Laos epic in performance
- Appendix A. Epic formulae
- Appendix B. Ritual formulae.
