Homer in Performance : Rhapsodes, Narrators, and Characters /

Homer in Performance : Rhapsodes, Narrators, and Characters /

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Before they were written down, the poems attributed to Homer were performed orally, usually by rhapsodes (singers/reciters) who might have traveled from city to city or enjoyed a position in a wealthy household. Even after the Iliad and the Odyssey were committed to writing, rhapsodes performed the...

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Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Other Authors: Bachvarova, Mary R. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Beck, Deborah (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Bonifazi, Anna (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Bundrick, Sheramy D. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Christensen, Joel P. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Gangloff, Anne (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Garcia Jr, Lorenzo F. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Kelly, Adrian (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Levaniouk, Olga (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), O'Maley, James (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Ready, Jonathan L. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Ready, Jonathan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Tsagalis, Christos C. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Tsagalis, Christos (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism > Theory, etc
Oral interpretation of poetry
Oral tradition > Greece
Performing arts > Appreciation > Greece
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