Inventing Homer: The Early Reception of Epic

Graziosi, Barbara

Abstract

How was the poet Homer imagined by ancient Greeks? This book looks at stories circulating between the sixth and fourth centuries BC about his birth, name and origin, blindness and his relationship to other poets and his descendants. The work studies the ancient reception of the Homeric poems, and looks at it in relation to modern representations of Homer, ancient and modern conceptions of authorship, and the "Homeric Question."

Citation

Graziosi, B. (2002). Inventing Homer: The Early Reception of Epic. Cambridge University Press

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Publication Date: 2002
• Deposit Date: Mar 25, 2008
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 2, 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Series Title: Cambridge classical studies
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1126595
• Publisher URL: http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521809665