Homer the Preclassic

Gregory Nagy is the Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies and the Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University. This book is adapted from his 2002 Sather Lectures at the University of California, Berkeley.

• List of IllustrationsAbbreviationsPrefaceIntroductionPart I. A Preclassical Homer from the Dark Age1. Homer and the Athenian EmpireThe Athenian EmpireAthens as Homer’s Imperial MetropolisHomer the IonianHomer and the Panionian Festivals of Delos and BeyondThe Performance of Epic at the Panathenaia in the Era of the Peisistratidai: The Later Years2. Homer outside His PoetryHomer in the Life of Homer TraditionsThe Making of Homeric Verse in the Life of Homer TraditionsHomer the EpigrammatistHomer’s Reception in PerformanceHomer as a Model Performer at Panhellenic FestivalsThe Homeric Hymn to apollo as an Aetiology of Homeric Performance at the Delia3. Homer and His GenealogyThe Homeridai of ChiosA Post-Athenocentric View of the HomeridaiThe Performance of Epic at the Panathenaia in the Era of the Peisistratidai: The Earlier YearsThe Homers ofThucydides and Herodotus4. Homer in the Homeric OdysseyThe Festive Poetics of an Ongoing Humnos in odyssey viiiA Poetic Crisis at a FestivalAn agon Between Demodokos and Odysseus5. Iliadic MultiformitiesThe Transcendence of Zeus as Hymnic SubjectOlder and Newer Versions of the iliadAn Inventory of Epic FormsAcephalic and Nonacephalic ProoimiaVariations on the Plan of ZeusThe Sorrows of AndromachePart II. A Preclassical Homer from the Bronze Age6. Variations on a Theme of Homer Rival Datings of HomerA Pre-Athenocentric Life of HomerAn Athenocentric Life of HomerAn Aeolian Dating of HomerHomer the Aeolian7. Conflicting Claims on HomerThe Tomb of Achilles and the Topography of the TroadThe Tomb of Achilles as a Landmark for the Festival of the PanathenaiaTwo Tombs for AchillesRethinking the Trojan PastHomer the Ionian Revisited8. Homeric Variations on a Theme of empireFour Festivals and Four Models of EmpireA Homeric Glimpse of an Ionian FestivalAn Aeolic Phase of HomerAn Attic Phase of HomerIonic Koine and Aeolic KoineHomer the Aeolian RevisitedA Homeric Glimpse of an Aeolian FestivalThe Festive Poetics of Federal Politics9. Further Variations on a Theme of HomerHomer the Federal HostageHomeric VariabilityThe Peplos of Athena and the Poetics of Split Referencing10. Homer and the Poetics of VariationThe Sorrows of Andromache RevisitedPattern-weaving Back into the Bronze AgeA Final Retrospective: Andromache’s Last Look at HectorEpilegomena: a Preclassical text of Homer in the MakingReconstructing Homer Forward in TimeThe Peisistratean Recension and BeyondAsiatic and Helladic Receptions of HomerA Spokesman for All HellenesHomer’s Split PersonalityA Prototype for Homer, Hesiod, and OrpheusHomeric KoineHomerus AuctusHesiod as a Contemporary of HomerOrpheus as a Precursor of Hesiod and HomerOrpheus as a NeotericOrpheus in the Era of the PeisistratidaiSelective Adjustment of RepertoireThe Poetics and Politics of the Homerus AuctusThe Shield of Achilles and the Homerus AuctusThe Ideology of Cosmos and imperium in Homer?rough the AgesThe Ring of Minos as a Symbol of Cosmos and imperiumThe Shield of Achilles as a Symbol of Cosmos and imperiumTen Centuries of Homeric TransmissionHomer the Poet of KingsFrom Homer the Preclassic to Homer the ClassicBibliographyIndex Locorum

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