Listening to Homer : Tradition, Narrative, and Audience.
The Homeric poems were not intended for readers, but for a listening audience. Traditional in their basic elements, the stories were learned by oral poets from earlier poets and recreated at every performance. Individual nuances, tailored to the audience, could creep into the stories of the Greek he...
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Language: | English |
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University of Michigan Press
2010.
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