Conflict and Consensus in Early Greek Hexameter Poetry

Author:   Paola Bassino ,  Lilah Grace Canevaro (University of Edinburgh) ,  Barbara Graziosi (University of Durham)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   238
Publication Date:   19 August 2021
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Author:   Paola Bassino ,  Lilah Grace Canevaro (University of Edinburgh) ,  Barbara Graziosi (University of Durham)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9781316625989


ISBN 10:   1316625982
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   19 August 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Introduction; Part I. Gods: 1. Conflict, consensus and closure in Hesiod's Theogony and Enūma eliš Johannes Haubold; 2. Divine conflict and the problem of Aphrodite Barbara Graziosi; 3. Sparring partners: fraternal relations in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes Oliver Thomas; Part II. Heroes: 4. Achilles in control? Managing oneself and others in the funeral games Adrian Kelly; 5. Uncertainty and the possibilities of violence: the quarrel in Odyssey 8 Jon Hesk; 6. ΙΡΟΣ ΙΑΜΒΙΚΟΣ: archilochean Iambos and the Homeric poetics of conflict Donald Lavigne; 7. Conflict and consensus in the epic cycle Jim Marks; Part III. Men: 8. Fraternal conflict in Hesiod's Works and Days Lilah Grace Canevaro; 9. On constructive conflict and disruptive peace: the Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi Paola Bassino.

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Paola Bassino is Lecturer in Classical Studies at the University of Winchester. She has published articles on the biographical tradition of the Greek epic poets, and is the author of a forthcoming edition and commentary of the Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi. Her current research includes a study of the interactions between the Sophists and the epic tradition and of the Renaissance reception of Homer. Lilah Grace Canevaro is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Classics at the University of Edinburgh. She is the author of Hesiod's Works and Days: How to Teach Self-Sufficiency (2015) and has published articles on Hesiod, Homer, Old Norse didactic, Victorian poetry and art, and cognitive approaches to poetry. She is currently working on a book about women and objects in Greek epic. Barbara Graziosi is Professor of Classics and Head of Department at the University of Durham. She has published extensively on ancient Greek literature and culture, including most recently The Gods of Olympus: A History (2013) and Homer (2016). She recently completed a research project, funded by the European Research Council, on visual and narrative portraits of ancient Greek and Roman poets.

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