Mountains in the Apologue: Figures of Isolation in Society, Space, and Time.
While recent studies in the Homeric poems have explored the connotative value of topographic features (e.g. the sea, caves, etc.) and material objects (e.g. the bow, the olive tree, etc.) in the narratives, the significance of mountains has not been addressed. This study illustrates the pervasivenes...
| Publicado en: | Scripta Classica Israelica Vol. 37; pp. 69 - 92 |
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Israeli Society for the Promotion of Classical Studies
2018
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| Sumario: | While recent studies in the Homeric poems have explored the connotative value of topographic features (e.g. the sea, caves, etc.) and material objects (e.g. the bow, the olive tree, etc.) in the narratives, the significance of mountains has not been addressed. This study illustrates the pervasiveness of these spatial units in the Apologue, Books 9 to 12, of Homer's Odyssey and then goes on to explore the associations of isolation - from topographic, social, and temporal perspectives - which these units garner through their contexts and deployment. |
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