Reviews
His is an original approach.
Useful to any scholar interested in issues of Homeric structure and unity, as well as comparatists interested in a Near Eastern context for Greek literature.
An eye-opener... A very readable and accessible book indeed.
Louden successfully clarifies the invisible underlying structures in the organization of the Iliad and clarifies its indebtedness to West Semitic, especially Ugaritic, myth. Never burdensome or pedantic, the book is original in its approach and aims and is a sound contribution to scholarship.
Book Details
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Principal Narrative Pattern
2. The Overture
3. The Middle Sequence: Parody of the Narrative Pattern
4. The Introductory Pattern: The Best of the Akhaians Calls an
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Principal Narrative Pattern
2. The Overture
3. The Middle Sequence: Parody of the Narrative Pattern
4. The Introductory Pattern: The Best of the Akhaians Calls an Assembly
5. Subgenres of Myth in the Iliad I
6. Subgenres of Myth in the Iliad II: The Iliad's Divine Economy, the Goddess Anat, and the Homeric Athena
Conclusion
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index