Homeric poetry

Interactional particles and narrative voice in Apollonius and Homer

by Martine Cuypers

in Beginning from Apollo: Studies in Apollonius Rhodius and the Argonautic Tradition, eds. M.A. Harder and M. Cuypers. Leuven: Peeters, 2005, 35-69

Sulaymān al-Bustānīs Arabische Ilias: EIn Beispiel für arabischen Philhellenismus im ausgehenden Osmanischen Reich

by Michael Kreutz

Ilíada I, 148 - 187.

by Alba Sánchez Varela

Traducción y comentario morfosintáctico y literario de los versos 148 - 187 del libro I de la Ilíada. Traducción y comentario morfosintáctico y literario de los versos 148 - 187 del libro I de la Ilíada.

Homer and the Art of Overtaking

by Alex Purves

AJP (2011)

Algunas reflexiones en torno a los estudios que tratan el tema de la muerte en la literatura griega arcaica

by Guillermo González Campos

Este artículo presenta un recorrido por los diversos estudios que abordan el tema de la muerte en la literatura griega... more Este artículo presenta un recorrido por los diversos estudios que abordan el tema de la muerte en la literatura griega arcaica. El objetivo es develar cuáles son los principios fundamentales a partir de los cuáles se ha llevado a cabo el abordaje de la muerte en este periodo. Se concluye que la mayoría de los estudios se han centrado en aspectos culturales y formales. Es necesario, por lo tanto, realizar un acercamiento crítico que explique cómo se constituyó y fijó el sentido de la muerte en la Grecia arcaica.

Some reflections on studies about the theme of death in Greek literature

This article provides an overview of the various studies that deal with the topic of the death in ancient Greek literature. The aim is to show the fundamental principles that are used to tackling the death topic in this period. The paper concludes that most studies have focused on cultural and formal aspects; nevertheless, it is necessary a critical approach to explain how the sense of death in ancient Greece was formed and established.

'Odysseus and the Ram in Art and (Con)text: Arthur M. Sackler Museum 1994.8 and the Hero's Escape from Polyphemos'.

by Maura Giles-Watson

Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 103 (2007), 555-77.

Opaōn and Opazō: A Study in the Epic Treatment of Heroic Relationships

by Ellen Aitken

24. Homère archaïsant-Homère archaïque, "Studii Clasice" 21, 1983, 7-24.

by Zoe Petre

The composition of the monumental epic in the VIII-th c BCE projects the image  of a heroic war as the mainframe... more The composition of the monumental epic in the VIII-th c BCE projects the image  of a heroic war as the mainframe of the aristocratic imaginary legitimation precisely when - and why - the city emerges as a sharing power in process between noblemen and the [future] demos.

25. Les Gètes chez Hérodote, AUB-ist., 33, 1984, 17-25

by Zoe Petre

The epithets which Herodotus uses to characterize the Getae - andreiotatoi kai dikaiotatoi - are formalized... more The epithets which Herodotus uses to characterize the Getae - andreiotatoi kai dikaiotatoi - are formalized adjectives, attesting a former - possible epic - tradition about the edges of earth.

La Terra Desolata. Osservazioni sul destino di Bellerofonte (Il. 6, 200-202),

by Francesca D'Alfonso

published in 'Museum Helveticum' 65 (2008), 1-21

We do not have any news about the death of Bellerophon: it seems that the hero was doomed to live forever far from... more We do not have any news about the death of Bellerophon: it seems that the hero was doomed to live forever far from other human beings, in a sort of limbo. That condition, as many other features of the hero’s legend, probably derives from oriental traditions, and finds parallels in Greek culture only in the late sixth century B.C. The Homeric ‘Land Aleia’ is equivalent to the ‘Land of Nod’, in which Cain wanders and which was known also as “Land of the Sleepers’. In fact, the motif of ‘koma’, a halfway stage between life and death, is present in other prototypical figures of decayed mankind, as, for example, the Hesiodic perjurous god or the snake of the Catalogue. The snake is also linked to the motif of the first fall of leaves (mark of the separation between men and gods) and to a misanthropic attitude, all features linked also to the final destiny of Bellerophon.However the limbic condition of the snake can be restored, as also that of the Empedoclean demon, who wanders through a wasteland, to halfway between Hades and Olympus: unlike Bellerophon, they are waiting for a palingenesis.

On the Historicity of the "Homeric World": Some Methodological Considerations

by Marek Wecowski

[in:] A. Mazarakis Ainian (ed.), The “Dark Ages” Revisited. Acts of an international symposium in memory of William D. E. Coulson. University of Thessaly, Volos, 14-17 June 2007, Volos 2011 (University of Thessaly Press), vol. I, p. 73-81

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Los héroes griegos de Homero a Heródoto: "Troya" y "300".

by Alejandro Fornell Muñoz

A Fornell Muñoz, "Heroismo griego de Hesíodo a Heródoto", Cine club Universitario, 2010-2011, Jaén, pp. 107-120.

Heroismo griego a través de las fuentes escritas y su tratamiento en el cine.
Valor didáctico de algunas... more Heroismo griego a través de las fuentes escritas y su tratamiento en el cine.
Valor didáctico de algunas películas para aproximarnos a acontecimientos y personajes históricos.
Motivación para leer a los autores clásicos, las fuentes directas en los que se ha inspirado el cinematógrafo para acercarnos a la Antigüedad.

Homeric flyting and how to read it: performance and intratext in iliad 20.83-109 and 20.178-258' Ramus (2006) 35.1, pp. 4-28. 25.

by Jon Hesk

Arete's Words: Etymology, Ehoie-Poetry and Gendered Narrative in the Odyssey

by Ioannis Ziogas

(Co-authored with M. Skempis) in Grethlein and Rengakos (eds.) Narratology and Interpretation: The Content of Narrative Form in Ancient Literature. Berlin/New York 2009, 213-40.

We examine the narrative dynamics of (para-)etymologies of the name Arete in the Odyssey. Not only does ‘Arete’,... more We examine the narrative dynamics of (para-)etymologies of the name Arete in the Odyssey. Not only does ‘Arete’, through the association with' araomai' and '- rhetos' establish links between different segments of the text and fulfil proleptic and analeptic functions, but it also evokes the genre of Ehoie-poetry and so brings out the juxtaposition of genders more sharply through a play with different genres. On this argument, in which narratology intersects with gender and genre studies as well as with an etymological reading, Ehoie-poetry provides a channel for inter-gender communication and enables Odysseus to complete his nostos.

Homeric Thumos: The Early History of Gender, Emotion, and Politics

by Barbara Koziak

Journal of Politics

Although most political theories imply some view of the role of emotion in political life, some are hostile to... more Although most political theories imply some view of the role of emotion in political life, some are hostile to emotion; and no general treatment of the emotional has yet been written in normative political theory. The theoretical study of political emotion should begin with the history of ancient Greek thumos as understood by Homer, who wrote free of the philosophical elevation of reason. Recent theorists have understood thumos as the angry and manly defense of one's own honor, family, and country. In Homer's Iliad, thumos motivates both men and women, participates in deliberation, and suggests not one disposition or emotion, but many emotions. The typical readings of ancient thumos neglect these elements in Homer, and fail to investigate the relationship between political regime and emotion. Employing recent studies of emotion, I articulate the mutual effect of political organization, morality, and emotional character focusing particularly on the story of Achilles.

On the Oral-Formulaic Theory and its Application in the Poetic Edda: The Cases of Alvíssmál and Hávamál

by Diego Ferioli

Published in:
Nordicum-Mediterraneum. ISSN 1670-6242. 5(1)
University of Akureyri, 2010.

Retour sur le dossier H (Back to the file on H)

by Dominique Casajus

Published in Jean Derive & Ursula Baumgardt (eds.), Paroles nomades. Écrits d'ethnolinguistique africaine en hommage à Christiane Seydou, Paris, Karthala (2005) 47-70

Milman Parry and Albert Lord's famous works about Homer and and the Serbo-croatian bards initiated a movement of ideas... more Milman Parry and Albert Lord's famous works about Homer and and the Serbo-croatian bards initiated a movement of ideas and research known under the name of Oral-Formulaic Theory. Perhaps because of its excessive dogmatism, this theory had more or less disappeared from the academic landscape for about twenty years. However recent works show that the hellenists are going back to the proposals of Parry and Lord. The author wishes to intervene as an anthropologist in this reappearing debate.

Quelques jours de la vie d'Homère (A few days in the life of Homer)

by Dominique Casajus

published in L'homme 195-196 (2010): 333-358

How were the Iliad and the Odyssey written is a question asked since Ancient times. Some of the answers provided... more How were the Iliad and the Odyssey written is a question asked since Ancient times. Some of the answers provided during the modern period are presented. According to the abbey of Aubignac, writing in the mid-17th century, Homer never existed ; and the works passed down under his name are collections of previously disparate material. Nonetheless, the following centuries witnessed several « lives » of Homer or writings that tried to depict Homer at work. For Giambattista Vico, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Robert Wood and, later on, Milman Parry and Albert Lord, Homer was not a writer but a bard, probably illiterate. This placed him as a poet far above all those who came afterwards : other wrote, but Homer sang. Attaching a nostalgic value to oral culture is something that many specialists of traditional literature would still do.