Homeric stitchings
Subtitle: the Homeric Centos of the Empress Eudocia
By: M. D. Usher.
Series: Greek studies : interdisciplinary approaches; Greek studies.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: Eudocia, consort of Theodosius II, Emperor of the East, d. 460 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Homer -- Appreciation -- Turkey -- Istanbul.; Christian poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.; Oral tradition -- Turkey -- Istanbul.; Literary form -- History -- To 1500.; Mythology, Greek, in literature.; Centos -- History and criticism.; Oral-formulaic analysis.; Transmission of texts.; Byzantine Empire -- Intellectual life.
Description: Homeric Stitchings is a study in the performative aspects of ancient reading, the processes of human memory, and the reception of Homeric poetry as oral poetry in later antiquity. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of Homer, the Bible, and comparative literature and to cultural historians.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-168) and index.