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Homer and his Iliad / Robin Lane Fox.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First US editionDescription: xiii, 442 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781541600447
  • 1541600444
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Contents:
Prologue: enigmatic Homer -- Part 1. Homer and his Iliad: where? -- 'When first they quarreled...' -- Doing things with words -- Tracking Homer -- Homer's heartland -- Unstitching the Iliad -- Plotting an epic -- Part II. Composing the Iliad: how? -- 'Sing, o goddess...' -- Homeric fieldwork -- Singers of tales -- The uses of analogy -- A great dictator -- Part III. Composing the Iliad: when? -- Problems of literacy -- Trojan Wars -- 'Not as mortal men are now...' -- Dating Homer -- In transmission -- Part IV. Heroic hallmarks. -- Heroism: the highlights -- 'Not ingloriously may I die...' -- 'If it must be so...' -- Heroic ethics -- Heroes at play -- Heroism and hyper-reality -- Shame and glory -- Character and background -- Equine poetics -- Swift-footed Achilles -- Part V. Parallel worlds. -- The heavenly family -- Sublime frivolity? -- White-armed women -- Royal mothers -- The natural world -- 'As when...' -- The shield of Achilles -- Ruthless Poignancy.
Summary: Robin Lane Fox addresses these questions, drawing on a lifelong love and engagement with the poem. He argues for a place, a date, and a method for its composition--subjects of ongoing controversy--combining the detailed expertise of a historian with a poetic reader's sensitivity. Lane Fox considers hallmarks of the poem; its values, implicit and explicit; its characters; its women; its gods; and even its horses.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A "compelling and impressive" ( Sunday Times ) reassessment of the Iliad , uncovering how the poem was written and why it remains enduringly powerful



The Iliad is the world's greatest epic poem--heroic battle and divine fate set against the Trojan War. Its beauty and profound bleakness are intensely moving, but great questions remain: Where, how, and when was it composed and why does it endure?



Robin Lane Fox addresses these questions, drawing on a lifelong love and engagement with the poem. He argues for a place, a date, and a method for its composition--subjects of ongoing controversy--combining the detailed expertise of a historian with a poetic reader's sensitivity. Lane Fox considers hallmarks of the poem; its values, implicit and explicit; its characters; its women; its gods; and even its horses.



Thousands of readers turn to the  Iliad  every year. Drawing on fifty years of reading and research, Lane Fox offers us a breathtaking tour of this magnificent text, revealing why the poem has endured for ages.

Prologue: enigmatic Homer -- Part 1. Homer and his Iliad: where? -- 'When first they quarreled...' -- Doing things with words -- Tracking Homer -- Homer's heartland -- Unstitching the Iliad -- Plotting an epic -- Part II. Composing the Iliad: how? -- 'Sing, o goddess...' -- Homeric fieldwork -- Singers of tales -- The uses of analogy -- A great dictator -- Part III. Composing the Iliad: when? -- Problems of literacy -- Trojan Wars -- 'Not as mortal men are now...' -- Dating Homer -- In transmission -- Part IV. Heroic hallmarks. -- Heroism: the highlights -- 'Not ingloriously may I die...' -- 'If it must be so...' -- Heroic ethics -- Heroes at play -- Heroism and hyper-reality -- Shame and glory -- Character and background -- Equine poetics -- Swift-footed Achilles -- Part V. Parallel worlds. -- The heavenly family -- Sublime frivolity? -- White-armed women -- Royal mothers -- The natural world -- 'As when...' -- The shield of Achilles -- Ruthless Poignancy.

Robin Lane Fox addresses these questions, drawing on a lifelong love and engagement with the poem. He argues for a place, a date, and a method for its composition--subjects of ongoing controversy--combining the detailed expertise of a historian with a poetic reader's sensitivity. Lane Fox considers hallmarks of the poem; its values, implicit and explicit; its characters; its women; its gods; and even its horses.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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