Title: The muses of Homer and Hesiod : comparative musings : B.X. De Wet Essay
Abstract:An analysis of the functions of the Muses in early Greek poetry cannot begin with a conventional literary textual analysis. Although both the Homeric epics and Hesiod's Theogony are literary works, th...An analysis of the functions of the Muses in early Greek poetry cannot begin with a conventional literary textual analysis. Although both the Homeric epics and Hesiod's Theogony are literary works, their inspiration and composition lie in a nonliterary tradition. The transformation from performance-based composition to purely textual literary composition radically affects the relationship between the reader and the composition. Therefore, to understand fully the narrative functions of the Homeric and Hesiodic invocations of the Muses, our analysis must extend back beyond the text into the realms of oral poetry.Read More
Publication Year: 1997
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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