Folces Hyrde and A Generic Epithet in Old English and Homeric Verse.
The article compares the generic epithet in Old English poetry, 'folces hyrde,' with the generic epithet in Homeric poetry, 'shepherd of the people.' The author looks at the formulaic context of the epithets and compares the distinction between fact and figure in Homeric and Old English verse. The a...
| Published in: | Papers on Language & Literature Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 117 - 124 |
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| Format: | Poetry Review |
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Papers on Language & Literature
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