The Challenge Of Homer
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The Challenge Of Homer
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Author : Karl Olav Sandnes
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2009-05-12
The Challenge Of Homer written by Karl Olav Sandnes and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-12 with Religion categories.
The first Christians faced two hermeneutical challenges of fundamental importance. Firstly, that of interpreting the Old Testament and secondly, how to cope with the Greek legacy embedded in Homer. The latter is not explicitly raised in the New Testament but since the art of interpreting any text presupposes reading skills, conveyed through liberal studies, the Homeric challenge must have been of immense importance. Homer was the gateway to education, to the skills of reading and writing. These skills were necessary for the nascent Church, knowledge of Homer's writings was a sign of Greekness, of 'at-home-ness' in the society. Therefore education was suffused with the mythology, immorality and idolatry of Greek writings, presenting an obvious challenge to a developing Christian outlook. In this new work Karl Olav Sandnes examines how Christians responded to this challenge. Sandnes asserts that this response varied from complete rejection of Homer and all pagan literature - considering it the work of the Devil - to critical involvement with this literature.
The Challenge Of Epic
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Author : Robert Shorrock
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2017-09-18
The Challenge Of Epic written by Robert Shorrock and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
Nonnus once vied with Homer for popularity; today his Dionysiaca languishes in obscurity. The Challenge of Epic offers a literary critical rehabilitation of Nonnus' fifth-century AD poem. It argues that modern neglect stems from a failure to appreciate the central position of allusion in late-antique poetry. Attention first focuses on intertextual allusion. It is argued that the poet draws on a plethora of allusions to the cycle of Greek mythology in order to imbue his specific narrative with a universal significance. Focus then shifts to metapoetic allusion: the way in which Nonnus alludes self-consciously to the process of writing, and develops parallels between himself and his subject, Dionysus. Through an appreciation of Nonnus' alllusive strategies, the modern reader can again engage with the mind-bending challenge of the Dionysiaca.
The Challenge Of The Greek And Other Essays
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Author : T. R. Glover
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-12-19
The Challenge Of The Greek And Other Essays written by T. R. Glover and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-19 with History categories.
Originally published in 1942, this book presents a series of essays by Terrot Reaveley Glover on subjects related to classical life and literature.
Homer S Iliad And The Problem Of Force
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Author : Charles H. Stocking
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023-04-05
Homer S Iliad And The Problem Of Force written by Charles H. Stocking and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-05 with Literary Collections categories.
The topic of force has long remained a problem of interpretation for readers of Homer's Iliad, ever since Simone Weil famously proclaimed it as the poem's main subject. This book seeks to address that problem through a full-scale treatment of the language of force in the Iliad from both philological and philosophical perspectives. Each chapter explores the different types of Iliadic force in combination with the reception of the Iliad in the French intellectual tradition. Ultimately, this book demonstrates that the different terms for force in the Iliad give expression to distinct relations between self and "other." At the same time, this book reveals how the Iliad as a whole undermines the very relations of force which characters within the poem seek to establish. Ultimately, this study of force in the Iliad offers an occasion to reconsider human subjectivity in Homeric poetry.
The Challenge Of The Greek And Other Essays
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Author : Terrot Reaveley Glover
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1972
The Challenge Of The Greek And Other Essays written by Terrot Reaveley Glover and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with categories.
The Gospel According To Homer And Virgil
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Author : Karl Olav Sandnes
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011-02-14
The Gospel According To Homer And Virgil written by Karl Olav Sandnes and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-14 with Religion categories.
This study investigates the phenomenon of Christian centos, i.e. attempts at rewriting the Gospel stories in both the style and vocabulary of either Homer (Greek) or Virgil (Latin). Out of the classical epics an entirely new text emerged.
Hesiod S Works And Days
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Author : Lilah Grace Canevaro
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2015
Hesiod S Works And Days written by Lilah Grace Canevaro and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
Hesiod's Works and Days was often performed in its entirety, but was also relentlessly excerpted, quoted, and reapplied. This volume situates the poem within these two modes of reading and argues that the text itself sustains both treatments, advocating not blind adherence to Hesiod's teachings but thinking for oneself and working for one's lesson.
Who Killed Homer
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Author : Victor Davis Hanson
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2011-04
Who Killed Homer written by Victor Davis Hanson and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04 with Foreign Language Study categories.
In Who Killed Homer? acclaimed classicists Victor Davis Hanson and John Heath explain what has been sacrificed, who did it and why. Hanson and Heath argue that if we lose our knowledge of the Greeks, then we lose our understanding of who we are. With straightforward advice and informative readings of the great Greek texts, the authors show how we might still save classics and the Greeks for future generations. Who Killed Homer? is must reading for anyone who agrees that knowledge of classics acquaints us with the beauty and perils of our own culture.
The Challenge Of Homer
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Author : Karl Olav Sandnes
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2009-03-12
The Challenge Of Homer written by Karl Olav Sandnes and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-12 with Religion categories.
Homer was the gateway to education, to the skills of reading and writing. These skills were necessary for the nascent Church. Knowledge of Homer's writings was a sign of Greekness, of at-home-ness in the society. Education was embedded in the mythology, immorality and idolatry of these writings. This challenged the Christians. This study presents how Christians responded to this. The opinions varied from rejection of Homer and all pagan literature, considering them works of the Devil, to critical involvement with this literature. This study attempts to trace the discourse on Homer and education among the Christians back to the New Testament. The topic does not come to the surface, but it is argued that in Paul's letters contrasting attitudes towards the propaideutic logic and the philosophical principle of usus (making right use of) are present. He opposed a logic wherein Christian faith represented the peak of education, the culmination of liberal studies. In his instruction on how to relate to the pagan world, Paul argues in accordance with the principle of usus. The New Testament is not so dependent upon the Homeric poems, as assumed by some scholars. The first Christians faced two hermeneutical challenges of fundamental importnce: that of interpreting the Old Testament and how to cope with the Greek legacy embedded in Homer. The latter is not explicitly raised in the New Testament. But since the art of interpreting any text, presupposes reading skills, conveyed through liberal studies, the Homeric challenge must have been of outmost importance.
The Iliad Of Homer Translated By Mr Pope
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Author : Homer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1791
The Iliad Of Homer Translated By Mr Pope written by Homer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1791 with categories.