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| Author | : Bruce Louden |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 366 |
| Release | : 2014-05-14 |
| Genre | : Bible |
| ISBN | : 9780511933417 |
Explores the parallels between the Odyssey and genres of myth extant in various Near Eastern cultures, in particular the Bible.
| Author | : Bruce Louden |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 365 |
| Release | : 2011-01-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1139494902 |
The Odyssey's larger plot is composed of a number of distinct genres of myth, all of which are extant in various Near Eastern cultures (Mesopotamian, West Semitic, and Egyptian). Unexpectedly, the Near Eastern culture with which the Odyssey has the most parallels is the Old Testament. Consideration of how much of the Odyssey focuses on non-heroic episodes - hosts receiving guests, a king disguised as a beggar, recognition scenes between long-separated family members - reaffirms the Odyssey's parallels with the Bible. In particular the book argues that the Odyssey is in a dialogic relationship with Genesis, which features the same three types of myth that comprise the majority of the Odyssey: theoxeny, romance (Joseph in Egypt), and Argonautic myth (Jacob winning Rachel from Laban). The Odyssey also offers intriguing parallels to the Book of Jonah, and Odysseus' treatment by the suitors offers close parallels to the Gospels' depiction of Christ in Jerusalem.
| Author | : Homer |
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| Total Pages | : 596 |
| Release | : 1886 |
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| Author | : Homer |
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| Total Pages | : 564 |
| Release | : 1901 |
| Genre | : Epic poetry |
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| Author | : Carolina López-Ruiz |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2010-06-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780674049468 |
"With admirable erudition, Lopez-Ruiz brings to life intimacies and exchanges between the ancient Greeks and their Northwest Semitic neighbors, portraying the ancient Mediterranean as a fluid, dynamic contact zone. She explains networks of circulation, shows creative uses of traditional material by peoples in motion, and radically transforms our understanding of ancient cosmogonies."---Page duBois, author of Out of Athens: The New Ancient Greeks --
| Author | : Homer |
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| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 1892 |
| Genre | : Odysseus (Greek mythology) |
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| Author | : Homer |
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| Total Pages | : 586 |
| Release | : 1876 |
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| Author | : Homer |
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| Total Pages | : 594 |
| Release | : 1886 |
| Genre | : Epic poetry, Classical |
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| Author | : Kostas Myrsiades |
| Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
| Total Pages | : 365 |
| Release | : 2019-04-05 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1684481368 |
Reading Homer's Odyssey is a book by book commentary on the epic's major themes. Each of the epic's 24 books are divided into sections to stress the length and the importance placed on specific topics and episodes. Footnotes are provided throughout to clarify and complete myths that Homer leaves unfinished, to explain certain terms and phrases, and to provide background information whenever necessary. Additionally, there is a bibliography on the Odyssey, as well as bibliographies that accompany each book's commentary.
| Author | : Agathe Thornton |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 182 |
| Release | : 2015-01-28 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1317694635 |
Published in 1970, this important work interprets the poem with a focus on the idiosyncrasies of its originally oral composition. In part I, the main themes of the Odyssey such as ‘guest-friendship’ and ‘testing’ are investigated. The incorporation of these and other themes, such as ‘omens’ and the ‘homecomings of the Achaeans’, into the dramatic construction of the whole epic is also examined. In Part II, the main characters of the Odyssey are described: the Suitors, Telemachus, Odysseus and Penelope. So too are Theoclymenus and Laertes, whom traditional criticism has maligned or disregarded. The analysis of the characters tries to illumine features which are challenging for the contemporary reader. In the conclusion, the ‘plan’ of the Odyssey is reconstructed. The author argues that it would probably have been performed over the course of three days: two sessions each day, with each recitation maintaining its own artistic unity.
