Oedipus of many pains

In this paper we analyse Oedipus’ appearance during Odysseus’ tale in book 11 of Homer’s Odyssey in order to outline and test a methodology for appreciating the poetic and thematic implications of moments when ‘extraneous’ narratives or traditions appear in the Homeric poems. Our analysis, which dra...

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Main Authors: Barker, E, Christensen, J
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: University of Leeds 2008
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