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| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Homer on Life and Death Jasper Griffin, 1980 In this book, Jasper Griffin discusses the way in which Homer depicts life and death in the Iliad, primarily, and in the Odyssey, secondarily. He focuses on the specific scenes where the characters react to death and the symbols of both life and death in the poem. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Homer Jasper Griffin, 1980 An indepth look at the ideas in the poems the Iliad and the Odyssey and their influence on the ideas of the West. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Homer: The Iliad M. S. Silk, 2004-01-12 This volume is a distinctive critical introduction to Homer's Iliad, the earliest epic poem, and the earliest known work of literature in ancient Greece. Michael Silk deals with the poem's historical context, its composition and its extensive influence, and relates its literary power to the peculiar coherence and inter-relation of such aspects of the poem as its style, character-portrayal and ideology. This revised edition takes account of recent scholarship in the field and includes an updated guide to further reading. It is essential reading for students of literature and classics. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: The Cambridge Companion to Homer Robert Fowler, 2004-10-14 The Cambridge Companion to Homer is a guide to the essential aspects of Homeric criticism and scholarship, including the reception of the poems in ancient and modern times. Written by an international team of scholars, it is intended to be the first port of call for students at all levels, with introductions to important subjects and suggestions for further exploration. Alongside traditional topics like the Homeric Question, the divine apparatus of the poems, the formulae, the characters and the archaeological background, there are detailed discussions of similes, speeches, the poet as story-teller and the genre of epic both within Greece and worldwide. The reception chapters include assessments of ancient Greek and Roman readings as well as selected modern interpretations from the eighteenth century to the present day. Chapters on Homer in English translation and 'Homer' in the history of ideas round out the collection. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: The Roman World John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn Murray, 1988 This collection tells the story of the rise of Rome from its origins as a cluster of villages to the foundation of the Roman Empire by Augustus. Chapters deal with subjects such as philosophy, arts, the conquests of Rome, Roman Emperors, Roman literature, Roman historians, and much more. |
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| jasper griffin homer on life and death: The Trojans & Their Neighbours Trevor Bryce, 2006-05-02 In this publication – the first to focus on Troy's neighbours and contemporaries – Trevor Bryce unearths the secrets of this ancient city. Fully illustrated with maps, charts and photographs, he explores Troy's involvement in the Iliad. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Simone Weil's The Iliad, Or, The Poem of Force Simone Weil, James P. Holoka, 2003 Simone Weil, a brilliant young teacher, philosopher, and social activist, wrote the essay, The 'Iliad' or the Poem of Force at France at the beginning of World War II. Her profound meditation on the nature of violence provides a remarkably vivid and accessible testament of the Greek epic's continuing relevance to our lives. This celebrated work appears here for the first time in a bilingual version, based on the text of the authoritative edition of the author's complete writings. An introduction discusses the significance of the essay both in the evolution of Weil's thought and as a distinctively iconoclastic contribution to Homeric studies. The commentary draws on recent interpretations of the Iliad and examines the parallels between Weil's vision of Homer's warriors and the experiences of modern soldiers. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Homer on the Gods and Human Virtue Peter J. Ahrensdorf, 2014-09-22 This book seeks to restore Homer to his rightful place among the principal figures in political and moral philosophy. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Latin Poets and Roman Life Jasper Griffin, 1994 This book studies the interrelation of literature and life in the Augustan poets. The works of Virgil, Horace, Propertius and Ovid are characterised by a brilliant polish and a dazzling repertoire of devices for stylising events and emotions; yet they remain convincing as a direct response to experience and theories which deny that directness are criticised in this book as mistaken. The life of pleasure, in its kaleidoscopic variety eating, drinking, bathing, love is a central subject but so is death. The book also discusses the uses of mythology, the influence of poetry on experience, and the interpretation of passages in the poems of Virgil. All Latin quoted is translated into English.--Bloomsbury Publishing. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: The Life and Death of the Solid South Dewey W. Grantham, 1992-09-09 Southern-style politics was one of those peculiar institutions that differentiated the South from other American regions. This system -- long referred to as the Solid South -- embodied a distinctive regional culture and was perpetuated through an undemocratic distribution of power and a structure based on disfranchisement, malapportioned legislatures, and one-party politics. It was the mechanism that determined who would govern in the states and localities, and in national politics it was the means through which the South's politicians defended their region's special interests and political autonomy. The history of this remarkable institution can be traced in the gradual rise, long persistence, and ultimate decline of the Democratic Party dominance in the land below the Potomac and the Ohio. This is the story that Dewey W. Grantham tells in his fresh and authoritative account of the South's modern political experience. The distillation of many years of research and reflection, is both a synthesis of the extensive literature on politics in the recent South and a challenging reinterpretation of the region's political history. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Abused Bodies in Roman Epic Andrew M. McClellan, 2019-07-11 The first full study of corpse mistreatment and funeral violation in Greco-Roman epic poetry, illuminating many major texts. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Homer on Life and Death Jasper Griffin, 2009 |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Homeric Durability Lorenzo F. Garcia (Jr.), 2013 Homeric Durability investigates the concepts of time and decay in the Iliad. Through a framework informed by phenomenology and psychology, Lorenzo Garcia argues that, in moments of pain and sorrow, the Homeric gods are themselves defined by human temporal experience, and so the epic tradition cannot but imagine its own eventual disintegration. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: The War That Killed Achilles Caroline Alexander, 2011 The Iliad is arguably the greatest poem about war ever produced. Disconcertingly, this great martial epic protrays war as a catastrophe that not only kills warriors, but destroys cities, orphans children and obliterates whole societies. This groundbreaking study asks what the Iliad really tells us about war. -- back cover. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Homer and the Dual Model of the Tragic Yoav Rinon, 2008 A probing and much needed examination of the tragic as a concept distinct from tragedy as a genre |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: A Companion to Ancient Epigram Christer Henriksén, 2019-02-12 A delightful look at the epic literary history of the short, poetic genre of the epigram From Nestor’s inscribed cup to tombstones, bathroom walls, and Twitter tweets, the ability to express oneself concisely and elegantly, continues to be an important part of literary history unlike any other. This book examines the entire history of the epigram, from its beginnings as a purely epigraphic phenomenon in the Greek world, where it moved from being just a note attached to physical objects to an actual literary form of expression, to its zenith in late 1st century Rome, and further through a period of stagnation up to its last blooming, just before the beginning of the Dark Ages. A Companion to Ancient Epigram offers the first ever full-scale treatment of the genre from a broad international perspective. The book is divided into six parts, the first of which covers certain typical characteristics of the genre, examines aspects that are central to our understanding of epigram, and discusses its relation to other literary genres. The subsequent four parts present a diachronic history of epigram, from archaic Greece, Hellenistic Greece, and Latin and Greek epigrams at Rome, all the way up to late antiquity, with a concluding section looking at the heritage of ancient epigram from the Middle Ages up to modern times. Provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the epigram The first single-volume book to examine the entire history of the genre Scholarly interest in Greek and Roman epigram has steadily increased over the past fifty years Looks at not only the origins of the epigram but at the later literary tradition A Companion to Ancient Epigram will be of great interest to scholars and students of literature, world literature, and ancient and general history. It will also be an excellent addition to the shelf of any public and university library. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: The Cambridge Guide to Homer Corinne Ondine Pache, Casey Dué, Susan Lupack, Robert Lamberton, 2020-03-05 From its ancient incarnation as a song to recent translations in modern languages, Homeric epic remains an abiding source of inspiration for both scholars and artists that transcends temporal and linguistic boundaries. The Cambridge Guide to Homer examines the influence and meaning of Homeric poetry from its earliest form as ancient Greek song to its current status in world literature, presenting the information in a synthetic manner that allows the reader to gain an understanding of the different strands of Homeric studies. The volume is structured around three main themes: Homeric Song and Text; the Homeric World, and Homer in the World. Each section starts with a series of 'macropedia' essays arranged thematically that are accompanied by shorter complementary 'micropedia' articles. The Cambridge Guide to Homer thus traces the many routes taken by Homeric epic in the ancient world and its continuing relevance in different periods and cultures. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn Murray, 1991-09-05 This authorative study covers the period from the eighth century BC, which witnessed the emergence of the Greek city-states, to the conquests of Alexander the Great and the establishment of the Greek monarchies some five centuries later. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: The Twenty-Second Book of the Iliad Homer, Alexandros Palles, 2019-03-11 This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Hesiod and the Near East Peter Walcot, 1966 |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: King of Sacrifice Sarah Hitch, 2009 Descriptions of animal sacrifice in Homer offer detailed accounts of this attempt at communication between man and gods. Hitch explores the structural and thematic importance of animal sacrifice as an expression of the quarrel between Akhilleus and Agamemnon through the differing perspectives of the primary narrative and character speech. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: The Homeric Gods Walter Friedrich Otto, 2014 In many respects, this book is considered to be the best guide ever written on Homeric religion. The analysis by W. F. Otto, while being very careful in terms of interpretation, denotes an open consonance of the author with the spirit - sometimes brutal and, for our mentality, immoral - of Greek polytheism. A thrilling and amazing journey to Olympus. This is a new edition of the Pantheon Books (New York) 1952 publication. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: English Classical Scholarship C. O. Brink, 1986 Concentrating on the lives and achievements of three distinguished English classical scholars--Porson, Bentley, and Housman--these concise and elegant essays go beyond mere veneration of each master: they portray the emergence of true critical scholarship in English classical learning. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Shelley and the Apprehension of Life Ross Wilson, 2013-08-15 This book establishes Percy Bysshe Shelley's view of poetry as 'living melody' and sets it within the wider context of Romantic-era thought. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: The Return of Odysseus I. M. Richardson, 1984 Odysseus returns at last to Ithaca where he rids his house of the evil suitors, is reunited with Penelope, and visits his aging, grieving father. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: The Doolittle Family in America William Frederick Doolittle, Louise Smylie Brown, Malissa R Doolittle, 2022-10-27 This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Virgil, Aeneid, 4.1-299 Ingo Gildenhard, 2012 Love and tragedy dominate book four of Virgil's most powerful work, building on the violent emotions invoked by the storms, battles, warring gods, and monster-plagued wanderings of the epic's opening. Destined to be the founder of Roman culture, Aeneas, nudged by the gods, decides to leave his beloved Dido, causing her suicide in pursuit of his historical destiny. A dark plot, in which erotic passion culminates in sex, and sex leads to tragedy and death in the human realm, unfolds within the larger horizon of a supernatural sphere, dominated by power-conscious divinities. Dido is Aeneas' most significant other, and in their encounter Virgil explores timeless themes of love and loyalty, fate and fortune, the justice of the gods, imperial ambition and its victims, and ethnic differences. This course book offers a portion of the original Latin text, study questions, a commentary, and interpretative essays. Designed to stretch and stimulate readers, Ingo Gildenhard's incisive commentary will be of particular interest to students of Latin at both A2 and undergraduate level. It extends beyond detailed linguistic analysis to encourage critical engagement with Virgil's poetry and discussion of the most recent scholarly thought. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: The Classical Tradition : Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature Gilbert Highet, 1949-12-31 A reissue in paperback of a title first published in 1949. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Homer in English Homer, 1996 This text is one of the volumes in the New Poets in Translation series. It focuses on the epic poems of Homer, one of the most translated authors in literature. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Hesperos P. J. Finglass, C. Collard, N. J. Richardson, 2007-10-04 Martin West is widely recognized as one of the most significant classicists of all time. Over nearly half a century his publications have transformed our understanding of Greek poetry. This volume celebrates his achievement with twenty-five papers on different areas of the subject which he has illuminated, written by distinguished scholars from four continents. It also includes West's Balzan Prize acceptance speech, 'Forward into the Past', in which he explains his approach to literary scholarship, and a complete bibliography of his academic publications. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Narrators and Focalizers Irene J. F. de Jong, 1987 The most important work on Homer?'s technique as narrator offers an overview of the trends in Homeric narratological scholarship over the last decade. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Ancient Anger Susanna Braund, Glenn W. Most, 2004-01-15 Anger is found everywhere in the ancient world, starting with the very first word of the Iliad and continuing through all literary genres and every aspect of public and private life. Yet it is only recently, as a variety of disciplines start to devote attention to the history and nature of the emotions, that Classicists, ancient historians and ancient philosophers have begun to study anger in antiquity with the seriousness and attention it deserves. This volume brings together a number of significant studies by authors from different disciplines and countries, on literary, philosophical, medical and political aspects of ancient anger from Homer until the Roman Imperial Period. It studies some of the most important ancient sources and provides a paradigmatic selection of approaches to them, and should stimulate further research on this important subject in a number of fields. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Who Killed Homer? Victor Davis Hanson, John Heath, 2001 With advice and informative readings of the great Greek texts, this title shows how we might save classics and the Greeks. It is suitable for those who agree that knowledge of classics acquaints us with the beauty and perils of our own culture. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: The Mirror of Myth Jasper Griffin, 1986 |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: The Odyssey of Homer Translated by Alexander Pope Homer, 2017-08-16 Alexander Pope was born on May 21st, 1688 in London into a Catholic family. His education was affected by the recent Test Acts, upholding the status of the Church of England and banning Catholics from teaching. In effect this meant his formal education was over by the age of 12 and Pope was to now immerse himself in classical literature and languages and to, in effect, educate himself. From this age too he also suffered from numerous health problems including a type of tuberculosis (Pott's disease) which resulted in a stunted, deformed body. Only to grow to a height of 4' 6, with a severe hunchback and complicated further by respiratory difficulties, high fevers, inflamed eyes and abdominal pain all of which served to further isolate him, initially, from society. However his talent was evident to all. Best known for his satirical verse, his translations of Homer and the use of the heroic couplet, he is the second-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare. With the publication of Pastorals in 1709 followed by An Essay on Criticism (1711) and his most famous work The Rape of the Lock (1712; revised and enlarged in 1714) Pope became not only famous but wealthy. His translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey further enhanced both reputation and purse. His engagement to produce an opulent new edition of Shakespeare met with a mixed reception. Pope attempted to regularise Shakespeare's metre and rewrote some of his verse and cut 1500 lines, that Pope considered to be beneath the Bard's standard, to mere footnotes. Alexander Pope died on May 30th, 1744 at his villa at Twickenham (where he created his famous grotto and gardens) and was buried in the nave of the nearby Church of England Church of St Mary the Virgin. Over the years and centuries since his death Pope's work has been in and out of favour but with this distance he is now truly recognised as one of England's greatest poets. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: On Translating Homer Matthew Arnold, Francis William Newman, 2025-03-29 Mathew Arnold's On Translating Homer offers a compelling exploration of the challenges and nuances inherent in bringing classical poetry to a new language. A cornerstone of literary criticism, this work delves into the art of translation, specifically focusing on Homer's epic poems. Arnold examines the qualities essential for a successful translation, providing insightful commentary on the linguistic and cultural considerations at play. This book is a significant contribution to the field of language arts and disciplines, particularly for those interested in translating and interpreting. It provides valuable perspectives on linguistics and the enduring power of Homer's work. Explore the intricacies of language and interpretation through Arnold's expert lens in this meticulously prepared print edition. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: Die Erzählung von Meleagros Peter Grossardt, 2017-09-18 The myth of the Calydonian boar-hunt belongs to the great mythical cycles of the ancient world. P. Grossardt now offers the first complete presentation of all literary sources of the Calydonian hunt, as well as of other adventures of its central hero Meleagros. The sources have been arranged by genre and their literary context has been taken well into account. The author gives special attention to the development of different versions of the legend. Individual poets, Grossardt observes, used the myth of the Calydonian boar-hunt as a functional element in a larger context or in conscious contrast to older texts. In reconstructing the prehistory of the legend and its religious background, the author shows that the Calydonian boar-hunt myth originally had the function of an aition for the cult of Artemis Laphria and that it was taken up by the epic tradition long before Homer. |
| jasper griffin homer on life and death: The War That Killed Achilles Caroline Alexander, 2009-10-15 Spectacular and constantly surprising. -Ken Burns Written with the authority of a scholar and the vigor of a bestselling narrative historian, The War That Killed Achilles is a superb and utterly timely presentation of one of the timeless stories of Western civilization. As she did in The Endurance and The Bounty, New York Times bestselling author Caroline Alexander has taken apart a narrative we think we know and put it back together in a way that lets us see its true power. In the process, she reveals the intended theme of Homer's masterwork-the tragic lessons of war and its enduring devastation. |
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