This collective volume provides a fresh perspective on Homeric reception through a
methodologically focused interdisciplinary investigation of the transformations of Homeric
epic within varying generic and cultural contexts. It explores how various aspects of Homeric
poetics appeal and can be mapped on to a diversity of contexts under different socio-historical
intellectual literary and artistic conditions. The volume brings together internationally
acclaimed scholars and acute young researchers in the fields of classics and reception studies
yielding insight into the varied strategies and ideological forces that define Homeric
reception in literature scholarship and the performing arts (theatre film and music) and
shape the ¿horizon of expectations¿ of readers and audience. This collection also showcases
that the wide-ranging ¿migration¿ of Homeric material through time and across place holds
significant cultural power being instrumental in the construction of new cultural identities.
The volume is of particular interest to scholars in the fields of classics reception and
cultural studies and the performing arts as well as to readers fascinated by ancient
literature and its cultural transformations.
