Ripetizione e riformulazione nell’ ›Iliade‹: La tecnica discorsiva dell’ἄγγελος nella rappresentazione omerica della comunicazione verbale a distanza

Ombretta Cesca

Published by De Gruyter 2022

Ripetizione e riformulazione nell’ ›Iliade‹

La tecnica discorsiva dell’ἄγγελος nella rappresentazione omerica della comunicazione verbale a distanza

Ombretta Cesca

Volume 15 in the series MythosEikonPoiesis

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110638899

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The presence of repetitions is a typical formal feature of the Homeric poems, a type of poetry that, before reaching a written version, has been orally composed and transmitted for centuries. This study deals with a particular category of repetitions: those uttered by ἄγγελοι, intermediaries of distance communication in a narrative universe characterized in turn by the oral transmission of information. The extensive presentation, in direct form, of both the speech of the sender of the message and that of the ἄγγελος (human or divine messenger, herald or ambassador), allows us to appreciate the discursive technique of the latter, between exact repetition (verbatim) and reformulation. This technique can be read in a meta-poetic key and used as a starting point to investigate, on the one hand, the compositional mechanisms at the basis of Homeric poetry and, on the other hand, the representation of the relations between the divine and human worlds. Mainly focused on the Iliad, the study also deals with the Odyssey by highlighting and explaining the numerous differences, between the two poems, in staging distance communication.

Il libro tratta di una categoria di ripetizioni presente nell’epica omerica, in particolare nell’Iliade: quelle pronunciate dagli ἄγγελοι, intermediari della comunicazione a distanza (messaggeri, araldi, ambasciatori) in un universo narrativo caratterizzato dalla trasmissione orale dell’informazione. Lo studio di tali ripetizioni consente di esplorare, sotto nuova luce, lo scenario performativo, culturale e religioso dei poemi omerici.

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Ombretta Cesca, École Pratique des Hautes Études - PSL, Centre ANHIMA, Paris, France / University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Ringraziamenti Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Sommario Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduzione Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Capitolo 1 Ἄγγελος Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Capitolo 2 Κήρυκες Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
Capitolo 3 Riportare il discorso altrui tra ripetizione e riformulazione Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Capitolo 4 Ripetere la parola di Zeus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Capitolo 5 Ripetizioni, narrazione e performance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
Capitolo 6 Iliade e Odissea a confronto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Appendice (Iliade) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
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(Deutsch)

Language: Italian
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and students interested in Homer and ancient Greek literature in general.
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 316
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 1
- Tables: 15
Keywords: repetition; communication; Homer; Iliad

eBook

Published: April 19, 2022
ISBN: 9783110638899

Hardcover

Published: May 3, 2022
ISBN: 9783110634365