Signs of orality : the oral tradition and its influence in the Greek and Roman world /

Signs of orality : the oral tradition and its influence in the Greek and Roman world /

The essays in this volume present new insights into the far-reaching influence of an early oral culture on subsequent development after the spread of literacy. At the outset, revisionist essays on the Homeric epics examine such questions as historical memory, Homer's audience(s), descriptive st...

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Other Authors: Mackay, E. Anne.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 1999.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 188.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 1-203, ISBN: 9789004381049.

Subjects:

Homer > Technique.
Homer.
Classical literature > History and criticism.
Language and culture > Greece.
Language and culture > Rome.
Civilization.
Classical literature.
Language and culture.
Oral-formulaic analysis.
Oral tradition.
Technique.
Greece > Civilization.
Rome > Civilization.
Greece.
Rome (Empire)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Call Number: PA3009 .S55 1999

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