HELLENIC STUDIES SERIES
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Hellenic Studies Series 76

One Man Show

Poetics and Presence in the Iliad and Odyssey

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$24.95 • £21.95 • €22.95

ISBN 9780674980020

Publication Date: 03/03/2020

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392 pages

6 x 9 inches

7 photos, 12 illus.

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  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Elements of Poetics and Presence
  • 2. Marpessa, Kleopatra, and Phoenix
  • Interlude 1. Ring Thinking: Phoenix in Iliad 23
  • 3. Half-Burnt. The Wife of Protesilaos In and Out of the Iliad
  • Interlude 2. A Source for the Iliad’s Structure
  • 4. The Living Instrument: Odyssey 13–15 in Performance
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. Rhapsodes in Vase Painting; Rhapsōidia
  • Appendix B. The Homeric Performer, the Staff, and “Becoming the Character”
  • Bibliography
  • Subject Index
  • Index of Homeric Passages

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