Sympotic and Rhapsodic Discourse in the Homeric Epics

This dissertation examines the relationship between sympotic and rhapsodic discourses and the Homeric epics and specifically considers how an understanding of sympotic discourse can affect an external audience’s perception of events within the narrative. Heroic feasting is examined and defined as an...

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Main Author: Mawhinney, Laura
Other Authors: Burgess, Jonathan
Language:en_ca
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/34806