Homer and the Heroic Tradition.
Publisher: W W Norton & Co (Sd)
Published: October 1965
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780393003130
Subjects: History and criticism; Epic poetry, Greek; Homer; Criticism and interpretation; Oral tradition
Table of contents: title: The meaning of unity -- The memory of the Achaeans -- Athens, 1200-700 B.C. -- Festivals, Pisistratus, and writing -- Homer and geometric art -- Image, symbol, and formula -- Fire and other elements -- Homeric character and the tradition -- Achilles : evolution of a hero -- Fate, time, and the gods -- The geometric structure of The Iliad -- The Odyssey and change.