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This book is about the reception of Homeric poetry from the fifth through the first century BCE. The aim of this book, which centers on ancient concepts of Homer as the author of a body of poetry that we know as the Iliad and the Odyssey, is to show how Homer’s work became a classic in the days of the Athenian empire and later.

Homer the Classic

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    A Paperback / softback by Gregory Nagy

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      Publisher: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/02/2010
      ISBN13: 9780674033269, 978-0674033269
      ISBN10: 0674033264
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      Literary studies: ancient, classical

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      Book Synopsis
      This book is about the reception of Homeric poetry from the fifth through the first century BCE. The aim of this book, which centers on ancient concepts of Homer as the author of a body of poetry that we know as the Iliad and the Odyssey, is to show how Homer’s work became a classic in the days of the Athenian empire and later.

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