Homer and the Sacred City |
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| Author:
| Scully, Stephen |
| Series title: | Myth and Poetics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8014-2464-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1999 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $89.00 |
Book Description:
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The importance of the polis in Homeric literature is most evident in the Iliad, a poem concerned in large measure with the holy city of Troy. Stephen Scully here deepens our understanding of both the poetic and the social significance of the city in Homer through a close analysis of the poem's formulaic language. Drawing on scholarship in literary studies, archaeology, and comparative religion, Scully demonstrates that it is the urban setting of the Iliad, as well as the collision of...
More DescriptionThe importance of the polis in Homeric literature is most evident in the Iliad, a poem concerned in large measure with the holy city of Troy. Stephen Scully here deepens our understanding of both the poetic and the social significance of the city in Homer through a close analysis of the poem's formulaic language. Drawing on scholarship in literary studies, archaeology, and comparative religion, Scully demonstrates that it is the urban setting of the Iliad, as well as the collision of the individual fates of its characters, which generates its most profound tragic themes.