The Epic Journey in Greek and Roman Literature
Part of Yale Classical Studies
- Editors:
- Thomas Biggs, University of Georgia
- Jessica Blum, University of San Francisco
- Date Published: May 2019
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108498098
Hardback
Other available formats:
eBook
Looking for an inspection copy?
Please email [email protected] to enquire about an inspection copy of this book
-
This volume explores journeys across time and space in Greek and Latin literature, taking as its starting point the paradigm of travel offered by the epic genre. The epic journey is central to the dynamics of classical literature, offering a powerful lens through which characters, authors, and readers experience their real and imaginary worlds. The journey informs questions of identity formation, narrative development, historical emplotment, and constructions of heroism - topics that move through and beyond the story itself. The act of moving to and from 'home' - both a fixed point of spatial orientation and a transportable set of cultural values - thus represents a physical journey and an intellectual process. In exploring its many manifestations, the chapters in this collection reconceive the centrality of the epic journey across a wide variety of genres and historical contexts, from Homer to the moon.
Read more- Examines the epic journey across multiple literary genres and time periods
- Integrates and analyzes conceptions of the 'journey' as literal and literary structure
- Explores the epic journey as an intellectual process intrinsic to identity formation, ideology, and cultural translation
Reviews & endorsements
'This book is accessible to nonspecialists but is more likely to be appreciated by classical scholars, especially those focusing on epics, Greek and Roman history, and ancient views of gender and domestic life … Recommended.' S. E. Goins, Choice
Customer reviews
Not yet reviewed
Be the first to review
Review was not posted due to profanity
×Product details
- Date Published: May 2019
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108498098
- length: 336 pages
- dimensions: 234 x 156 x 21 mm
- weight: 0.7kg
- contains: 5 colour illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Thomas Biggs and Jessica Blum
Part I. Odyssean Journeys:
2. In and out of the Golden Age – a Hesiodic reading of the Odyssey Egbert J. Bakker
3. Pompē in the Odyssey Alexander C. Loney
4. 'What country, friends, is this?' Geography and exemplarity in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica Jessica Blum
Part II. Gendered Maps:
5. Wandering, love and home in Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica and Heliodorus' Aethiopica Silvia Montiglio
6. Heroes and homemakers in Xenophon Emily Baragwanath
7. Women's travels in the Aeneid Alison Keith
Part III. Rome's Journey – Construction of Rome through Travel:
8. Epic journeys on an urban scale – movement and travel in Virgil's Aeneid Timothy M. O'Sullivan
9. Roman and Carthaginian journeys – Punic Pietas in Naevius' Bellum Punicum and Plautus' Poenulus Thomas Biggs
10. Defining home, defining Rome – Germanicus' Eastern tour Cynthia Damon and Elizabeth Palazzolo
11. Odyssean wanderings and Greek responses to Roman Empire Andrew C. Johnston
Part IV. Unearthly Journeys:
12. From Rome to the Moon – Rutilius Namatianus and the Late antique game of knowledge Martin Devecka 13. Looking back in wonder – contemplating Homer from the Iliad to Pale Blue Dot Karen ní Mheallaigh.
Sorry, this resource is locked
Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email [email protected]
Register Sign in» Proceed
You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.
Continue ×Are you sure you want to delete your account?
This cannot be undone.
Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.
If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.
×