Title: The Oral Nature of the Homeric Simile
First published: 1974
Description: This work, by Dartmouth Professor Emeritus William Scott, centers on Homer's similes as compositions derived from, and dependent on, an oral tradition.
Subjects: Ancient Rhetoric, Figures of speech, Greek language, Literary style, Oral tradition, Oral-formulaic analysis, Rhetoric, Ancient, Simile, Homer, Epic poetry, history and criticism
Places: Greece
People: Homer
LC classification: PA4177.S5 S3