"Kleine Leute" und große Helden in Homers Odyssee und Kallimachos' Hekale

Marios Skempis

Published by De Gruyter 2010

"Kleine Leute" und große Helden in Homers Odyssee und Kallimachos' Hekale

"Little People" and Great Heroes in Homer's 'Odyssey' and Kalimachos' 'Hekale'

Marios Skempis

Volume 274 in the series Beiträge zur Altertumskunde

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110224146

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Callimachus’ Hekale is one of the most famous short epics of Greek literature and was highly regarded as such in antiquity. This study addresses the question of whether and to what extent the Hekale is related to the Homeric epics, and especially the Odyssey. The ensuing conclusions show that the Odyssey exerted a strong influence on the diction, character stylization and overall plot structure of the Hellenistic miniature epic. The reading strategies employed are based on inter- and intratextuality, narratology, poetic etymology, orality vs literacy theory and gender studies documenting the numerous ways in which Callimachus alludes to, borrows from or echoes the Odyssey on structural, linguistic and character level. Within this methodological framework several interpretations are put forward in order to cast light on the “everyday people” of the Hellenistic as well as the Homeric epic.

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Marios Skempis, Universität Basel, Schweiz.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Inhaltsverzeichnis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Einleitung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Stilisierung der Hekale-Figur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
2. Eumaios und Hekale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
3. Gastmahl bei Hekale – eine homerische Szene Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
4. Epischer Hunger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
5. Eurykleia und Hekale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	306
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(Deutsch)

Language: German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 421
Keywords: Hellenistic Poetry; Homer; Reception in Antiquity; Intertextuality

eBook

Published: March 26, 2010
ISBN: 9783110224146

Hardcover

Published: March 26, 2010
ISBN: 9783110224139