Homer, Hesiod and the Hymns: Diachronic Development in Epic Diction by Richard Janko

Homer, Hesiod and the Hymns: Diachronic Development in Epic Diction

Cambridge Classical Studies

Richard Janko

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This book investigates the history of the ancient Greek tradition of oral epic poetry which culminated in the Iliad and Odyssey. These masterpieces did not exhaust the tradition, and poems were composed in the same style for several generations af...

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