Homer's Thebes : epic rivalries and the appropriation of mythical pasts /

• Main Author: (Elton, Thomas Edward), Barker, Elton T. E. 1971-
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington : Center for Hellenic Studies, 2020.
• Subjects: Όμηρος, > 8ος αιώνας π.Χ. > Ερμηνεία και κριτική; Θήβα (Ελλάδα) στη λογοτεχνία.

"Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are the only early Greek heroic epics to have survived the transition to writing, even though extant evidence indicates that they emerged from a thriving oral culture. Among the missing are the songs of Boeotian Thebes. Homer's Thebes examines moments in th...