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Homeric Questions

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Offers a historical model for understanding how, when, where, and why the Iliad and the Odyssey were ultimately preserved as written texts. This book draws on the comparative evidence provided by living oral epic traditions, in which each performance of a song often involves a recomposition of the narrative.

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Homeric Questions, Gregory Nagy

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1996
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Title
Homeric Questions
Language
English
Released
1996
Format
Paperback
ISBN10
0292755627
ISBN13
9780292755628
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Offers a historical model for understanding how, when, where, and why the Iliad and the Odyssey were ultimately preserved as written texts. This book draws on the comparative evidence provided by living oral epic traditions, in which each performance of a song often involves a recomposition of the narrative.