Title: The song of the sirens
First published: 1998
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.
Subjects: Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature, Criticism and interpretation, Epic poetry, Greek, Greek Epic poetry, History and criticism, Literature and the war, Odysseus (Greek mythology) in literature, Trojan War, Greek poetry, history and criticism, Essays (single author), In literature, Achille (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature, Guerre de Troie, Littérature et guerre, Poésie épique grecque, Histoire et critique, Ulysse (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature, Critique et interprétation, Ilias (Homerus), Odyssea (Homerus), Aufsatzsammlung, Literature
People: Homer
LC classification: PA4037 .P86 1998