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Rediscovering Homer originated as a development and expansion of two academic papers published in the 1990s in which Dalby argued that the Iliad and Odyssey must be seen as belonging to the same world as that of the early Greek lyric poets but to a less aristocratic genre. [1]
The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel is an epic poem by Greek poet and philosopher Nikos Kazantzakis, based on Homer's Odyssey. [1] It is divided into twenty-four rhapsodies as is the original Odyssey and consists of 33,333 17-syllable verses. Kazantzakis began working on it in 1924 after he returned to Crete from Germany. Before finally publishing the ...
Since the 1970s, Homeric interpretation has been increasingly influenced by literary theory, especially in literary readings of the Odyssey. Post-structuralist semiotic approaches have been represented in the work of Pietro Pucci ( Odysseus Polytropos , 1987) and Marylin Katz ( Penelope's Renown , 1991), for example.
The Odyssey (/ ˈ ɒ d ɪ s i /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized: Odýsseia) [2] [3] is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. Like the Iliad, the Odyssey is divided into 24 books.
[159]: 794 James Joyce's novel Ulysses, heralded by critics as one of the greatest works of modern literature, [165] [166] is a retelling of Homer's Odyssey set in modern-day Dublin. [ 167 ] [ 168 ] The mid-twentieth-century British author Mary Renault wrote a number of critically acclaimed novels inspired by ancient Greek literature and ...
Michalopoulos,Dimitri (2016), Homer's Odyssey beyond the Myths, The Piraeus: Institute of Hellenic Maritime History, ISBN 978-618-80599-3-1; Michalopoulos, Dimitris G. (2022), The Homeric Question Revisited. An Essay on the History of the Ancient Greeks, Washington DC-London: Academica Press, ISBN 978-168-05370-0-0. Nilsson, Martin P. (1972).
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Mimesis gives an account of the way in which everyday life in its seriousness has been represented by many Western writers, from ancient Greek and Roman writers such as Petronius and Tacitus, early Christian writers such as Augustine, Medieval writers such as Chretien de Troyes, Dante, and Boccaccio, Renaissance writers such as Montaigne, Rabelais, Shakespeare and Cervantes, seventeenth ...