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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
April 2018
Print publication year:
2018
Online ISBN:
9781108604277
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108604277
Subjects:
Literature, Classical Studies, Area Studies, Classical Literature, European Literature, European Studies
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Book description

Homer was the greatest and most influential Greek poet. In this book, Richard Hunter explores central themes in the poems' reception in antiquity, paying particular attention to Homer's importance in shaping ancient culture. Subjects include the geographical and educational breadth of Homeric reception, the literary and theological influence of Homer's depiction of the gods, Homeric poetry and sympotic culture, scholarly and rhetorical approaches to Homer, Homer in the satires of Plutarch and Lucian, and how Homer shaped ideas about the power of music and song. This is a major and innovative contribution to the study of the dominant literary force in Greek culture and of the Greek literary engagement with the past. Through the study of their influence and reception, this book also sheds rich light on the Homeric poems themselves. All Greek and Latin are translated.

Reviews

'… endlessly interesting book … the importance of [Hunter]’s elegant elucidation of the historical ‘reception’ of Homer is that it casts instructive light on the ancient world.'

Source: Classics For All

‘H. convincingly demonstrates how greatly modern interpretations of perennially popular Homeric scenes (such as Odysseus among the Sirens or Achilles and his lyre) can be enriched by engaging with ancient readers as diverse as Horace, Dio Chrysostom, Clement of Alexandria and Sextus Empiricus along the way.’

Anna Stelow Source: Religious Studies Review

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