The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle
Although the Iliad and Odyssey narrate only relatively small portions of the Trojan War and its aftermath, for centuries these works have overshadowed other, more comprehensive narratives of the conflict, particularly the poems known as the Epic Cycle. In The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle, Jonathan Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the war's history and the legends surrounding it, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age. He traces the development and transmission of the Cyclic poems in ancient Greek culture, comparing them to later Homeric poems and finding that they were far more influential than has previously been thought.
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The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle
Although the Iliad and Odyssey narrate only relatively small portions of the Trojan War and its aftermath, for centuries these works have overshadowed other, more comprehensive narratives of the conflict, particularly the poems known as the Epic Cycle. In The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle, Jonathan Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the war's history and the legends surrounding it, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age. He traces the development and transmission of the Cyclic poems in ancient Greek culture, comparing them to later Homeric poems and finding that they were far more influential than has previously been thought.
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The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle
Although the Iliad and Odyssey narrate only relatively small portions of the Trojan War and its aftermath, for centuries these works have overshadowed other, more comprehensive narratives of the conflict, particularly the poems known as the Epic Cycle. In The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle, Jonathan Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the war's history and the legends surrounding it, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age. He traces the development and transmission of the Cyclic poems in ancient Greek culture, comparing them to later Homeric poems and finding that they were far more influential than has previously been thought.
Jonathan S. Burgess is an associate professor of classical studies at the University of Toronto.
Jonathan S. Burgess is a professor of classics at the University of Toronto and author of The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note to Reader List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I: The Epic Cycle and the Tradition of the Trojan War Chapter 1. Origins of the Cycle Poems Chapter 2. The Manufacture of the Epic Cycle Chapter 3. The "Cyclic" Tradition of the Trojan War Chapter 4. "Cyclic" Trojan War Images Chapter 5. Later Manifestations Part II: Homer and the Tradition of the Trojan War Chapter 6. "Cyclic" Myth in the Homeric Poems Chapter 7. The Date of the Homeric Poems Chapter 8. Iliadic Images Chapter 9. Cyclops: Image and Folktale Chapter 10. Homeric Passages Part III: The Epic Cycle and Homer Chapter 11. Cropping Around the Homeric Poems Chapter 12. Extent of the Cycle Poems Chapter 13. Homeric Influence on the Epic Cycle? Chapter 14. Non-Homeric Aspects of the Epic Cycle Conclusion Appendix A: Photos and Proclus Appendix B: Schematization of R. Cook's Tables Appendix C: Trojan War Images to 600 B.C.E. Appendix D: Blinding and Escape Images Appendix E: Select Epic Passages Featuring Leaves Notes References Index
