The "Odyssey" Re-formed / / Frederick Ahl, Hanna M. Roisman.
Frederick Ahl and Hanna M. Roisman believe that contemporary readers who do not know ancient Greek can gain a sophisticated grasp of the Odyssey if they are aware of some of the issues that intrigue and puzzle the experts. They offer a challenging new reading of the epic that is directed to the gene...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©1996 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. Rival Homecomings
- 2. Arrival at Scheria
- 3. Friction in Phaeacia
- 4. Cyclopes Reinvented
- 5. The Ironic Lord of Death
- 6. Alcinous Strikes Back
- 7. Recognizing Discrete Identities
- 8. First Encounters with Eumaeus
- 9. Turning Points and Returns
- 10. Telemachus
- 11. Penelope’s Intervention
- 12. Comely Thighs and Broad Shoulders
- 13. Courting One’s Own Wife
- 14. Prelude to the Massacre
- 15. Penelope and the Bow
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX