Homer and Hesiod as Prototypes of Greek Literature

This volume is available on its own or as part of the seven volume set, Greek Literature. This collection reprints in facsimile the most influential scholarship published in this field during the twentieth century. For a complete list of the volume titles in this set, see the listing for Greek Literature [ISBN 0-8153-3681-0].

Auteur

Gregory Nagy is Professor of Classics at Harvard University and Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. He has written and edited numerous books on Greek literature, including Homeric Questions, The Everyman's Library The Iliad, Greek Mythology and Poetics, and Poetry as Performance.

Contenu

Introduction, Section A. Questions of Uniqueness, Section B. Poetics of Virtuosity, Section C. Hesiodic Connection, Copyright Acknowledgments