Title: Conventions of form and thought in early Greek epic poetry /
Authors: Thalmann, William G., 1947-
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,
Year: 1984
Subjects: Homer Criticism and interpretation.; Hesiod Criticism and interpretation.; Homeric hymns.; Greek poetry History and criticism.; Hexameter.; Literary form History; Mythology, Greek, in literature.
Contents: The organization of thought -- The design of the poem -- a. The Theogony -- b. The Iliad -- c. The Odyssey -- d. The Works and days -- e. The Shield of Herakles -- f. The Hymn to Apollo -- g. The Catalogue of women -- h. The poems and the larger unity -- The gifts of the gods -- The poets on their art, I : the performance of hexameter poetry -- The poets on their art, II : the introduction to Hesoid's Theogony and the self-reflectiveness of hexameter poetry -- Poetry in the Odyssey -- Epilogue.