The Best of the Achaeans by Gregory Nagy

The Best of the Achaeans by Gregory Nagy

Despite widespread interest in the Greek hero as a cult figure, little was written about the relationship between the cult practices and the portrayals of the hero in poetry. The first edition of The Best of the Achaeans bridged that gap, raising new questions about what could be known or conjectured about Greek heroes. In this revised edition, which features a new preface by the author, Gregory Nagy reconsiders his conclusions in the light of the subsequent debate and resumes his discussion of the special status of heroes in ancient Greek life and poetry. His book remains an engaging introduction both to the concept of the hero in Hellenic civilization and to the poetic forms through which the hero is defined: the Iliad and Odyssey in particular and archaic Greek poetry in general.

--James Redfield, University of Chicago Times Literary Supplement

"This is a learned, clever, and disturbing book.. One is left with the uneasy feeling that curtains have parted in the wind, giving glimpses of unsuspected realities behind the apparently simple face of Greek heroic poetry."--M. L. West, 'Times Literary Supplement'

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ISBN 13	9780801823886
ISBN 10	0801823889
Titel	The Best of the Achaeans
Autor	Gregory Nagy
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Johns Hopkins University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1981-08-01
Seitenanzahl	414
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.