The Oral Traditional Background of Ancient Greek Literature Greek Literature

Edited with an introduction by an internationally recognized scholar, this nine-volume set represents the most exhaustive collection of essential critical writings in the field, from studies of the classic works to the history of their reception. Bringing together the articles that have shaped modern classical studies, the set covers Greek literature in all its genres--including history, poetry, prose, oratory, and philosophy--from the 6th century BC through the Byzantine era. Since the study of Greek literature encompasses the roots of all major modern humanities disciplines, the collection also includes seminal articles exploring the Greek influence on their development. Each volume concludes with a list of recommendations for further reading. This collection is an important resource for students and scholars of comparative literature, English, history, philosophy, theater, and rhetoric as well as the classics.
This volume is available on its own or as part of the nine- volume set, "Greek Literature." For a complete list of the volume titles in this set, see the listing for "Greek Literature" [ISBN 0-8153-3681-0].

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Bakker, E.J. "Discourse and Performance Involvement, Visualization and 'Presence' in Homeric Poetry." Classical Antiquity 12 (1993). Bird, G.D. "The Textual Criticism of an Oral Homer." In V.J. Gray, ed., Nile, Ilissos and Tiber: Essays in Honour of Walter Kirkpatrick Lacey, Prudentia 26 (1994). Clark, M. "Enjambment and Binding in Homeric Hexameter." Phoenix 48 (1994). Dué, C.L. "Achilles' Golden Amphora and the Afterlife of Oral Tradition in Aeschines' Against Timarchus." Classical Philology (forthcoming 2000). Janko, R. "The Homeric Poems as Oral Dictated Texts." Classical Quarterly 48 (1998). Jong, I. de. "Eurykleia and Odysseus's Scar: Odyssey 19 Classical Quarterly 35 (1985). Lord, A.B. "Homer, Parry, and Huso." American Journal of Archaeology 52 1948. Reprinted in Parry 1971. Martin, R. "Hesiod, Odysseus, and the Instruction of Princes." Transactions of the American Philological Association 114 (1984). Morris, S. "A Tale of Two Cities: The Miniature Frescoes from Thera and the Origins of Greek Poetry." American Journal of Archaeology 93 (1989). Muellner, L. "The Simile of the Cranes and Pygmies: A Study of Homeric Metaphor." Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 93 (1990). Nagler, M. "Towards a Generative View of the Oral Formula." Transactions of the American Philological Association 98 (1967). Nagy, G. "Irreversible Mistakes and Homeric Poetry." In J. N. Kazazis and A. Rengakos, eds., Euphrosyne: Studies in Ancient Epic and its Legacy in Honor of Dimitris N. Maronitis 15 (Stuttgart, Germany: F. Steiner, 1999). Palmer, L.R. "A Mycenaean 'Akhilleid'?" In R. Muth and G. Pfohl, eds., Serta Philologica Aenipontana (Innsbruck: Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft, 1979). Parry, M. "Studies in the Epic Technique of Oral Verse-Making II: The Homeric Language as the Language of an Oral Poetry." Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 43 (1932). Sherratt, E.S. "'Reading the Texts': Archaeology and the Homeric Question." Antiquity 64 (1990). Slatkin, L.M. "Genre and Generation in the Odyssey." METIS: Revue d'Anthropologie du Monde Grec Ancien 1 (1987). West, M.L. "The Rise of the Greek Epic." Journal of Hellenic Studies 108 (1988). West, M.L. "The Descent of the Greek Epic: A Reply." Journal of Hellenic Studies 112 (1992). List of Recommended Readings

Gregory Nagy is Professor of Classics at Harvard University and Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. He has written and edited numerous books on Greek literature, including Homeric Questions, The Everyman's Library The Iliad, Greek Mythology and Poetics, and Poetry as Performance.