Homerica
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This one’s been lurking in my box for a while … the Center for Hellenic Studies have put up a copy of Milman Parry’s doctoral dissertation (?) … here’s their description: In this foundational and still critically important work, Parry offers a detailed and thorough analysis of proper name and epithet formulae. This analysis brought…
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As usual, the day I’m away from my laptop some major news manages to accumulate in mailboxes, twitterfeeds, and on Facebook. At this point, the ‘best’ coverage (note the scare quotes) of this story comes from the Telegraph; skipping the intro bit: Nearly 3,000 years after Odysseus returned from his journey, the team from the…
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Not sure why this hasn’t appeared in an English source yet … apparently the site of Sigeum (mentioned in the Iliad) has been located some six km. from Troy. Sono tornati alla luce i resti di Sigeo o Sigeion (Sigeum in latino), cantata da Omero nell’Iliade, una delle mitiche citta’ dell’antica Turchia, a circa 6…
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Homer is usually cited as the origin of the phrase, ‘sardonic smile’, specifically, from Odyssey 20.302 (or thereabouts): So saying, he hurled with strong hand the hoof of an ox, taking it up from the basket where it lay. But Odysseus avoided it with a quick turn of his head, and in his heart he…
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