The song of the sirens
Subtitle: essays on Homer
By: Pietro Pucci.
Series: Greek studies
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Homer -- Criticism and interpretation.; Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.; Odysseus (Greek mythology) in literature.; Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature.; Trojan War -- Literature and the war.
Description: In this collection of his essays on Homer, some new and some appearing for the first time in English, the distinguished scholar Pietro Pucci examines the linguistic and rhetorical features of the poet's works. Arguing that there can be no purely historical interpretation, given that the parameters of interpretation are themselves historically determined, Pucci focuses instead on two features of Homer's rhetoric: repetition of expression (formulae) and its effects on meaning, and the issue of intertextuality.

In this collection of his essays on Homer, some new and some appearing for the first time in English, the distinguished scholar Pietro Pucci examines the linguistic and rhetorical features of the poet's works.

Arguing that there can be no purely historical interpretation, given that the parameters of interpretation are themselves historically determined, Pucci focuses instead on two features of Homer's rhetoric: repetition of expression (formulae) and its effects on meaning, and the issue of intertextuality.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-241) and index.