GREEK EPIC CYCLE by Davies, Malcolm ISBN 1853990396
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[edit] GREEK EPIC CYCLE
After Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey', poets of the seventh and sixth centuries BC composed epics which covered other parts of the Trojan War story or different areas of Greek mythology. Collectively these poems became known as 'The Epic Cycle'. This text provides an introduction to this cycle.
In the wake of Homer's Illiad and Odyssey, poets of the seventh and sixth centuries BC composed epics which covered other parts of the Trojan War story or different areas of Greek mythology. Quotations from them and other testimonies as to their conntent survive in later authors and the evidence thus assembled allows us to reconstruct something of the poems' contents. Collectivcly these poems came to be known by Hellenistic scholars in Alexandria as 'The Epic Cycle'. With their often grotesque and fantastic tales, the cyclic poems were an important source for later writcrs of epic. Yet they also present a wealth of fascinating mythological details in their own right and provide absorbing variation on the traditional themes presented in Homer. Why are certain themes frequently used, while others are neglected in various poems? Such considerations cnhance an overall appreciation of epic them and outlook. This short study provides a useful introduction to the Cycle for students and scholars of Greek epic, and of Classical civilisation and mythology more generally. All quotations are translated, making the material accessible to those with little or no Greek.
[edit] Book Details
[edit] Title
GREEK EPIC CYCLE
[edit] Author
Davies, Malcolm
[edit] ISBN
1853990396
[edit] Published
22/02/2001
[edit] Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
[edit] Binding
paperback
[edit] Retail Price
10.99 (GBP)
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9.89 (GBP)
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