EAN: 9783111265698

MYTHICAL NARRATIVES IN STESICHORUS - SOFIA CARV...

The mythical narratives of Stesichorus provide the earliest surviving examples of poetic
production in the Greek West. This book illustrates how Stesichorus reshaped Greek epic to
create a remarkably innovative type of lyric poetry - a literature that was particularly
expressive in its handling of motifs associated with travel  such as the voyages of heroes 
their returns home  and their escapes. This comprehensive survey of Stesichorus' treatment of
myth discusses his engagement with Homer and Hesiod  his powerful and often moving means of
characterisation  his subtle treatment of narrative  and his elaboration of emotional episodes
unprecedented in archaic Greek lyric poetry. All Greek is translated  making the book
accessible to anyone with an interest in one of the great poets of archaic Greece  whose work
had such an impact on the later genre of tragedy.

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