The "Odyssey" Re-formed /

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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Ahl, Frederick,
Roisman, Hanna M.,
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

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