Homer's Thebes : epic rivalries and the appropriation of mythical pasts / by Elton T. E. Barker, Joel P. Christensen.

"Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are the only early Greek heroic epics to have survived the transition to writing, even though extant evidence indicates that they emerged from a thriving oral culture. Among the missing are the songs of Boeotian Thebes. Homer's Thebes examines moments in the...

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Main Authors:	Barker, Elton T. E. (Elton Thomas Edward), 1971- (Author), Christensen, Joel (Joel P.) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University, 2020.
Series:	Hellenic studies.
Subjects:	Homer > Criticism and interpretation. Thebes (Greece) > In literature. Homer. Literature. Greece > Thebes. Criticism, interpretation, etc.