Iliad Twenty-four : a thematic study

Minchin, Elizabeth

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Iliad Twenty-four : a thematic study

Date

1983

Authors

Minchin, Elizabeth

Abstract

In contemporary Homeric Studies, in any discussion around the Iliad and the Odyssey, the figures of two scholars, Milman Parry and A.B. Lord . are, at least in the English-speaking world, dominant. It has been t heir findings which have recently opened up new avenues in our appreciation of these two fine examples of the early epic.