Myth in Homer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20052242 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lowell Edmunds (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Pages | 415-441 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | A New Companion to Homer (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004217607_020 |
| OpenAlex | W61263195 |
| ISBN | 9789004217607 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
In The Creation of Mythology, Marcel Detienne pointed to the non-existence of any ancient Greek terminology for 'myth', and 'legend', in particular, to the absence of any collective expression for what we call 'Greek myth', i.e., a related set of stories about Gods and heroes. Both the Iliad and the Odyssey contain numerous representations of oral storytelling. In the Iliad, Nestor tells how he fought against the Centaurs (1.260-73; cf. 2.740-43), against Augeas, the Eleans, and the Moliones; and how he competed in the funeral games for Amaryngceus. The status of oral stories in Homer is, perhaps unexpectedly to us, who hold Greek myth in high esteem, dubious. Phoenix use of the Meleager myth has still further implications for Achilles, which become clearer if his version of the myth is compared with another ancient version, one which Homer's audience can probably be assumed to have known.Keywords: Achilles; Greek myth; Homer; Iliad; Odyssey; Phoenix; The Creation of Mythology
Ancient Greek · Archaeology · Art · Centaur · Greek mythology · Legend · Linguistics · Literature · Mythology · Narrative · Phoenix · Storytelling · Terminology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1998 - 2024 (27) |
| Highly cited | No |