The Cambridge Guide to Homer

by: Ondine Pache, C.

From its ancient incarnation as a song to recent translations in modern languages, Homeric epic remains an abiding source of inspiration for both scholars and artists that transcends temporal and linguistic boundaries. The Cambridge Guide to Homer examines the influence and meaning of Homeric poetry from its earliest form as ancient Greek song to its current status in world literature, presenting the information in a synthetic manner that allows the reader to gain an understanding of the different strands of Homeric studies. The volume is structured around three main themes: Homeric Song and Text; the Homeric World, and Homer in the World. Each section starts with a series of 'macropedia' essays arranged thematically that are accompanied by shorter complementary 'micropedia' articles. The Cambridge Guide to Homer thus traces the many routes taken by Homeric epic in the ancient world and its continuing relevance in different periods and cultures.

Includes longer essays for broader synthesis, and shorter essays to explore topics in more depth
The book is divided into three main sections, giving readers an immediate sense of the connection between different approaches to Homeric epic - textual, archaeological, and reception
Accessible to general readers as well as specialists

Table of Contents
Part I. Homeric Song and Text:
1. Introduction
2. Homeric epic in performance
3. Homeric poetics
4. Homer in a world of song
5. Epic traditions
6. Mythic background
7. The language of Homer
8. From song to text
9. Achilles
10. Ancient Near Eastern epic
11. Batrakhomuomakhia
12. Catalogues
13. Dreams
14. Early editions
15. Ekphrasis
16. Epic cycle
17. Epithets
18. Formula
19. Gods and goddesses
20. Hesiod and Homer
21. Home
22. Homer and Indo-European myth
23. Homer and the alphabet
24. Homeric body and mind
25. Homeric dialects
26. Homeric humor
27. Homeric hymns
28. Homeric scholia
29. Hospitality
30. Iliad
31. Immanence
32. Kleos
33. Lament
34. Margites
35. Meter
36. Narrative
37. Odysseus
38. Odyssey
39. Panathenaia
40. Panhellenism
41. Pisistratus
42. Rhapsodes and Homeridai
43. Ring composition
44. Similes
45. Speech
46. Trojan horse
47. Troy
48. Type scene
Part II. Homeric World:
49. Introduction
50. Homeric communities in the Homeric epics and early Archaic Greece
51. Homeric religion
52. Homer and history
53. Homeric geography
54. Homeric materiality
55. Afterlife in Homer
56. Assemblies and councils
57. Athletic competition
58. Basileus and Anax in Homer and Mycenaean
59. Carl Blegen
60. Boar's tusk helmets
61. Burial practices
62. Catalogue of ships and archaeology
63. Catalogue of ships: literary aspects
64. Class relations
65. The literary tradition of destruction of cities
66. Divine epiphany in Homer
67. Family and marriage in Homer
68. Feasting and drinking in Homer
69. Archaeology of hero cult
70. Hittite literary evidence
71. Homeric archaeology
72. Homeric economy
73. Household organization
74. Lefkandi
75. Mycenae
76. Nestor's cup
77. Nostoi
78. Offerings in Homer
79. Personification in Homer
80. Prayers and vows
81. Pylos
82. Religious festivals in Homer
83. Heinrich Schliemann
84. Shield of Achilles
85. Slavery in Homer
86. Supplication in Homer
87. Troy and its treasures
88. Warfare in Homer
89. Warrior graves
90. Weapons and armor
91. Women in Homer
Part III. Homer in the World:
92. Introduction
93. Homer in antiquity
94. Homer and the Latin West in the Middle Ages
95. Homer in Greece from the end of Antiquity:
1. The Byzantine reception of Homer and his export to other cultures
96. Homer in Greece from the end of Antiquity:
2. Homer after Byzantium: from the Early Ottoman Period to the age of nationalisms
97. Homer in Renaissance Europe (1488–1649)
98. Homer in early modern Europe
99. The reception of Homer since 1900
100. Homer: image and cult
101. Albert Bates Lord
102. Allegory and allegorical interpretation
103. Aristotle and Homer
104. Athens and Homer
105. Biographies of Homer
106. Chaucer and Homer
107. Dante and Homer
108. Homeric question
109. Milman Parry
110. Plato and Homer
111. Plutarch and Homer
112. Shakespeare and Homer
113. Sponde Jean de and Homer
114. Vergil and Homer
115. Weil Simone and the Iliad.

The Cambridge Guide to Homer

by: Ondine Pache, C.

• ISBN-13: 9781107027190 / 978-1-107-02719-0
• ISBN-03: 1107027195 / 1-107-02719-5
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2020