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This volume looks at the fascinating intersection of traditional myth with an enthnographically-viewed Homeric world. Carol Dougherty argues that the resourcefulness of Odysseus as an adventurer on perilous seas served as an example to Homer's society.

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A great virtue of Dougherty's book is that it not only offers possible answers but also encourages a range of further questions * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
some very good discussion, particularly of the relationships between issues of colonization and poetic imagination * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
The Introduction shows the breadth of Dougherty's argument, which itself traverses an extensive terrain for a book of a size that encourages the reader * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
This is a sparkling study of the Odyssey * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *

The Raft of Odysseus The Ethnographic Imagination of Homers Odyssey

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
      Publication Date: 5/3/2001 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780195130362, 978-0195130362
      ISBN10: 0195130367
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: ancient, classical Literary studies: poetry and poets Ancient history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume looks at the fascinating intersection of traditional myth with an enthnographically-viewed Homeric world. Carol Dougherty argues that the resourcefulness of Odysseus as an adventurer on perilous seas served as an example to Homer's society.

      Trade Review
      A great virtue of Dougherty's book is that it not only offers possible answers but also encourages a range of further questions * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
      some very good discussion, particularly of the relationships between issues of colonization and poetic imagination * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
      The Introduction shows the breadth of Dougherty's argument, which itself traverses an extensive terrain for a book of a size that encourages the reader * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
      This is a sparkling study of the Odyssey * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *

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