Title: Singers, heroes, and gods in the Odyssey
First published: 1994
Description: A special charm of the Odyssey, according to Charles Segal, is the way it transports readers to fascinating places. Yet despite the appeal of its narrative, the Odyssey is fully understood only when its style, design, and mythical patterns are taken into account as well. Bringing a new richness to readings of this epic, Segal looks closely at key forms of social and personal organization which Odysseus encounters in his voyages.

Segal also considers such topics as the relationship between bard and audience, the implications of the Odyssey's self-consciousness about its own poetics, and Homer's treatment of the nature of poetry.
Subjects: Bards and bardism in literature, Epic poetry, Greek, Gods, Greek, in literature, Greek Epic poetry, Heroes in literature, History and criticism, Odysseus (Greek mythology) in literature, In literature, Homer
People: Homer
LC classification: PA4167 .S44 1994