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635050
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Burgess, Jonathan S.,1960-
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The tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the epic cycle /\ Jonathan S. Burgess.
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| Publication Statement
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Baltimore, Md. :: Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2001.
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xvi, 295 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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0801866529 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
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: 9780801866524 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-277) and index.
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| Contents
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1. The Epic Cycle and the Tradition of the Trojan War. Origins of the Cycle Poems. The Manufacture of the Epic Cycle. The "Cyclic" Tradition of the Trojan War. "Cyclic" Trojan War Images. Later Manifestation -- 2. Homer and the Tradition of the Trojan War. "Cyclic" Myth in the Homeric Poems. The Date of the Homeric Poems. Iliadic Images. Cyclops: Image and Folktale. Homeric Passages -- 3. The Epic Cycle and Homer. Cropping around the Homeric Poems. Extent of the Cycle Poems. Homeric Influence on the Epic Cycle? Non-Homeric Aspects of the Epic Cycle -- App. A. Photius and Proclus -- App. B. Schematization of R. Cook's Tables -- App. C. Trojan War Images to 600 B.C.E. -- App. D. Blinding and Escape Images -- App. E. Select Epic Passages Featuring Leaves.
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Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the history and legends of the Trojan War, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of the Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age.
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Homer-- Knowledge-- Troy (Extinct city)
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Homer-- Influence.
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Epic poetry, Greek-- History and criticism.
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Trojan War-- Literature and the war.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)-- History-- To 1500.
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Literature and history-- Greece.
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Lost literature-- Greece.
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Cycles (Literature)
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Troy (Extinct city), In literature.
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PA4037.B84 2001
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