Description: This book provides a groundbreaking reassessment of the prehistory of Homeric epic. It argues that in the Early Iron Age bilingual poets transmitted to the Greeks a set of narrative traditions closely related to the one found at Bronze-Age Hattusa, the Hittite capital. Key drivers for Near Eastern influence on the developing Homeric tradition were the shared practices of supralocal festivals and venerating divinized ancestors, and a shared interest in creating narratives about a legendary past using a few specific storylines: theogonies, genealogies connecting local polities, long-distance travel, destruction of a famous city because it refuses to release captives, and trying to overcome death when confronted with the loss of a dear companion. Professor Bachvarova concludes by providing a fresh explanation of the origins and significance of the Greco-Anatolian legend of Troy, thereby offering a new solution to the long-debated question of the historicity of the Trojan War.
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EAN: 9780521509794
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ISBN: 9780521509794
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Book Title: From Hittite to Homer: The Anatolian Background of
Number of Pages: 690 Pages
Publication Name: From Hittite to Homer : the Anatolian Background of Ancient Greek Epic
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Subject: Ancient / General, Poetry, Ancient & Classical
Item Height: 1.4 in
Publication Year: 2016
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 52.6 Oz
Item Length: 10 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, History
Author: Mary R. Bachvarova
Item Width: 7.2 in
Format: Hardcover
