Binding: Paperback
Description: The story of our ongoing fascination with Homer the man and the myth. Homer the great poet of the Iliad and the Odyssey is revered as a cultural icon of antiquity and a figure of lasting influence. But his identity is shrouded in questions about who he was when he lived and whether he was an actual person a myth or merely a shared idea. Rather than attempting to solve the mystery of this character James I. Porter explores the sources of Homer's mystique and their impact since the first recorded mentions of Homer in ancient Greece. Homer: The Very Idea considers Homer not as a man but as a cultural invention nearly as distinctive and important as the poems attributed to him following the cultural history of an idea and of the obsession that is reborn every time Homer is imagined. Offering novel readings of texts and objects the book follows the very idea of Homer from his earliest mentions to his most recent imaginings in literature criticism philosophy visual art and classical archaeology.
Title: Homer The Very Idea
Author(s): Porter James I
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226675909
Pages: 280 Pages
Publication Date: 3/22/2023
Category: Ancient History: To C 500 Ce