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| Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
| ISBN 13 | 9780198150367 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198150369 |
| Author | Richard Seaford |
| Language | English |
| Book Subtitle | Homer And Tragedy In The Developing City-State |
| Book Description | This is an exciting and entirely new synthesis, combining anthropology, political and social history, and the close reading of central Greek texts, to account for two the most significant hallmarks in Homeric epic and Athenian tragedy: the representation of ritual and codes of reciprocity. Both genres are pervaded by these features, yet each treats them in entirely different ways. In this book, Dr Seaford shows that these differences cannot be accounted for in merely literary terms, but require a historical explanation. Homer in its final form is a product of the city state at an earlier historical stage than is tragedy. It is the growth of the city-state and its conc |
| Publication Date | 8-Feb-13 |
| Number of Pages | 476 |
Reciprocity And Ritual paperback english - 8-Feb-13
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