Mythical Narratives in Stesichorus : : Greek Heroes on the Move / / Sofia Carvalho.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Carvalho, Sofia,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes , 115
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XXXIV, 315 p.)

The mythical narratives of Stesichorus provide the earliest surviving examples of poetic production in the Greek West. This book illustrates how Stesichorus reshaped Greek epic to create a remarkably innovative type of lyric poetry – a literature that was particularly expressive in its handling of motifs associated with travel, such as the voyages of heroes, their returns home, and their escapes. This comprehensive survey of Stesichorus’ treatment of myth discusses his engagement with Homer and Hesiod, his powerful and often moving means of characterisation, his subtle treatment of narrative, and his elaboration of emotional episodes unprecedented in archaic Greek lyric poetry.All Greek is translated, making the book accessible to anyone with an interest in one of the great poets of archaic Greece, whose work had such an impact on the later genre of tragedy.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preliminary Note -- Introduction -- 1 Adventure -- 2 Escape and Returns -- 3 Abduction -- 4 Exile -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Nominum et Rerum -- Index of Sources