The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad
Drawing on recent studies in ethnography and sociolinguistics, Richard Martin here sets forth a poetics of Homeric speeches, which he sees not merely as poetic creations but as the representation of an actual form of speaking in a traditional culture.
Drawing on recent studies in ethnography and sociolinguistics, Richard Martin here sets forth a poetics of Homeric speeches, which he sees not merely as poetic creations but as the representation of an actual form of speaking in a traditional culture.
Originally published in 1989 as part of the Myth and Poetics Series by Cornell University Press.
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Copyright, Richard P. Martin. This work is made available here with permission of the author.