Homer the Preclassic by Nagy, Gregory -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Introduction

Footnotes

Part One. A Preclassical Homer from the Dark Age

A working definition of the Dark Age Footnotes

Chapter One: Homer and the Athenian Empire

I 1ⓢ1. The Athenian empire I 1ⓢ2. Athens as Homer’s imperial metropolis I 1ⓢ3. Homer the Ionian I 1ⓢ4. Homer and the Panionian festivals of Delos and beyond I 1ⓢ5. The performance of epic at the Panathenaia in the era of the Peisistratidai, the later years Footnotes

Chapter Two: Homer outside his Poetry

Chapter Three: Homer and his Genealogy

Chapter Four: Homer in the Homeric Odyssey

I 4ⓢ1. The festive poetics of an ongoing humnos in Odyssey viii I 4ⓢ2. A poetic crisis at a festival I 4ⓢ3. An agōn between Demodokos and Odysseus Footnotes

Chapter Five: Iliadic Multiformities

I 5ⓢ1. The transcendence of Zeus as hymnic subject I 5ⓢ2. Older and newer versions of the Iliad I 5ⓢ3. An inventory of epic forms I 5ⓢ4. Acephalic and non-acephalic prooimia I 5ⓢ5. Variations on the Plan of Zeus I 5ⓢ6. The sorrows of Andromache Footnotes

Part Two. A Preclassical Homer from the Bronze Age

A working definition of the Bronze Age Footnotes

Chapter Six: Variations on a Theme of Homer

II 6ⓢ1. Rival datings of Homer II 6ⓢ2. A pre-Athenocentric Life of Homer II 6ⓢ3. An Athenocentric Life of Homer II 6ⓢ4. An Aeolian dating of Homer II 6ⓢ5. Homer the Aeolian Footnotes

Chapter Seven: Conflicting Claims on Homer

II 7ⓢ1. The tomb of Achilles and the topography of the Troad II 7ⓢ2. The tomb of Achilles as a landmark for the festival of the Panathenaia II 7ⓢ3. Two tombs for Achilles II 7ⓢ4. Rethinking the Trojan past II 7ⓢ5. Homer the Ionian revisited Footnotes

Chapter Eight: Homeric variations on a theme of empire

II 8ⓢ1. Four festivals and four models of empire II 8ⓢ2. A Homeric glimpse of an Ionian festival II 8ⓢ3. An Aeolic phase of Homer II 8ⓢ4. An Attic phase of Homer II 8ⓢ5. Ionic Koine and Aeolic Koine II 8ⓢ6. Homer the Aeolian revisited II 8ⓢ7. A Homeric glimpse of an Aeolian festival II 8ⓢ8. The festive poetics of federal politics Footnotes

Chapter Nine: Further Variations on a Theme of Homer

II 9ⓢ1. Homer the federal hostage II 9ⓢ2. Homeric variability II 9ⓢ3. The Peplos of Athena and the poetics of split referencing Footnotes

Chapter Ten: Homer and the Poetics of Variation

II 10ⓢ1. The sorrows of Andromache revisited II 10ⓢ2. Pattern-weaving back into the Bronze Age II 10ⓢ3. A final retrospective: Andromache’s last look at Hector Footnotes

Epilegomena: A Preclassical Text of Homer in the Making

Eⓢ1. Reconstructing Homer forward in time Eⓢ2. The Peisistratean Recension and beyond Eⓢ3. Asiatic and Helladic receptions of Homer Eⓢ4. A spokesman for all Hellenes Eⓢ5. Homer’s split personality Eⓢ6. A prototype for Homer, Hesiod, and Orpheus Eⓢ7. Homeric Koine Eⓢ8. Homerus Auctus Eⓢ9. Hesiod as a contemporary of Homer Eⓢ10. Orpheus as a precursor of Hesiod and Homer Eⓢ11. Orpheus as a neoteric Eⓢ12. Orpheus in the era of the Peisistratidai Eⓢ13. Selective adjustment of repertoire Eⓢ14. The poetics and politics of the Homerus Auctus Eⓢ15. The Shield of Achilles and the Homerus Auctus Eⓢ16. The ideology of cosmos and imperium in Homer through the ages Eⓢ17. The Ring of Minos as a symbol of cosmos and imperium Eⓢ18. The Shield of Achilles as a symbol of cosmos and imperium Eⓢ19. Ten centuries of Homeric transmission Eⓢ20. Homer the poet of kings Eⓢ21. From Homer the Preclassic to Homer the Classic Footnotes Abbreviations Bibliography