Eastern Literacy, Greek Alphabet, and Homer.
The still ongoing discussion about the question as to when the Homeric poems were recorded in writing is paradoxical, considering that Milman Parry did not present a clear idea of this issue, while Albert Lord declared his unequivocal opinion that Homer himself dictated them. The notion of a long pe...
| Publicado en: | Mnemosyne Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 161 - 188 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2006
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