Homeric Responses [Paperback]

This book, much of which has been previously published in different formats, presents a series of essays in which Nagy examines the oral origins of Homeric epic and explores the relationship between the poet, and his poem, and his audience. This largely philological and linguistic reading of the Iliad and Odyssey is targeted at undergraduate level. Extracts are in Greek and in English translation.This book, much of which has been previously published in different formats, presents a series of essays in which Nagy examines the oral origins of Homeric epic and explores the relationship between the poet, and his poem, and his audience.