The Textualization of Works and Days
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10289697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruth Scodel (0000-0003-3198-7939, Department of Classics, The University of Michigan https://dx.doi.org/1259 Ann Arbor, MI USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 229-246 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mnemosyne (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-7074 • E-ISSN: 1568-525X |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1568525x-bja10311 |
| OpenAlex | W4408546061 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
In the ancient eastern Mediterranean, written texts of special cultural prestige, such as the Homeric epics and the Hebrew Bible, present variable texts. Both performers and scribes made minor changes in what they had inherited not only through errors of memory or to display their own skill, but also to meet particular needs or make it easier to understand. The evidence does not suggest, however, that most readers cared about these small changes. While the length of the Homeric epics, though not the precise wording, stabilized in the mid-second century BCE , Works and Days , although it does not fluctuate dramatically, is still fluid in the Imperial period
Art · Literature · Classics · Digital Humanities and Scholarship · History · Philosophy
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Hesiod's Works and Days
The Manifold Uses of the Epic Past
Writing Homer
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Orality, Textuality, and the Homeric Epics
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |