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Bruce Louden

Homer's Odyssey and the Near East

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The Odyssey's larger plot is composed of a number of distinct genres of myth, all of which are extant in various Near Eastern cultures (Mesopotamian, West Semitic, and Egyptian). Unexpectedly, the Near Eastern culture with which the Odyssey has the most parallels is the Old Testament. Consideration of how much of the Odyssey focuses on non-heroic episodes - hosts receiving guests, a king disguised as a beggar, recognition scenes between long-separated family members - reaffirms the Odyssey's parallels with the Bible. In particular the book argues that the Odyssey is in a dialogic relationship with Genesis, which features the same three types… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-511-92433-0
  • EAN: 9780511924330
  • Produktnummer: 13882490
  • Verlag: Cambridge University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
  • Seitenangabe: 0 S.
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 3'427 KB

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