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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
"This book examines the role and character of Homer's people, laoi, in Homeric story-telling, arguing that Homeric poetry is crucially concerned with the people as a basis for communal life. Both the Iliad and the Odyssey are read as sustained...
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Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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"This book examines the role and character of Homer's people, laoi, in Homeric story-telling, arguing that Homeric poetry is crucially concerned with the people as a basis for communal life. Both the Iliad and the Odyssey are read as sustained meditations on the processes involved in protecting and destroying the people. The investigation draws on a wide range of approaches from formulaic analysis to the study of early performance contexts."--BOOK JACKET
Enlargement of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Cambridge University. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-217) and indexes. - Description based on print version record