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Pindar's Homer:

The Lyric Possession of An Epic Past (POD)
  • ISBN-13: 9780801848476
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Gregory Nagy
  • Price: AUD $86.99
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  • Local release date: 14/05/1994
  • Format: Paperback 414 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]
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Nagy challenges the widely held view that the development of lyric poetry in Greece represents the rise of individual innovation over collective tradition. Arguing that Greek lyric represents a tradition in its own right, Nagy shows how the form of Greek epic is in fact a differentiation of forms found in Greek lyric. Throughout, he progressively broadens the definition of lyric to the point where it becomes the basis for defining epic, rather than the other way around.

""A fascinating book by a bold and learned scholar, displaying an impressive breadth of knowledge, interest, and reading... One admires the way Nagy gathers together strands of information usually examined in isolation and spins them into a coherent and persuasively presented argument.""

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