Homer Between History and Fiction in Imperial Greek Literature Softcover - 2010

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Softcover. Good Condition. Well-preserved copy with minor signs of handling wear. Contents mostly clean and bright, with uncreased pages. Solid, secure bindings, spine intact. Publisher's note: "Did Homer tell the 'truth' about the Trojan War? If so, how much, and if not, why not? The issue was hardly academic to the Greeks living under the Roman Empire, given the centrality of both Homer, the father of Greek culture, and the Trojan War, the event that inaugurated Greek history, to conceptions of Imperial Hellenism. This book examines four Greek texts of the Imperial period that address the topic - Strabo's Geography, Dio of Prusa's Trojan Oration, Lucian's novella True Stories, and Philostratus' fictional dialogue Heroicus - and shows how their imaginative explorations of Homer and his relationship to history raise important questions about the nature of poetry and fiction, the identity and intentions of Homer himself, and the significance of the heroic past and Homeric authority in Imperial Greek culture"-- Provided by publisher xi, 246 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Greece; Greek literature; Literature and history; Homer; Literature; Criticism; ISBN: 1107485290. ISBN/EAN: 9781107485297. Add. Inventory No: 231031HAD1-2052. . 9781107485297