Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Open Access Monograph Series: Hellenic Studies Series

[First posted in AWOL 20 May 2016, updated 27 December 2022]


Hellenic Studies Series

Audible Punctuation: Performative Pause in Homeric Prosody

Audible Punctuation focuses on the pause in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, both as a compositional feature and as a performative aspect of delivery, arguing for the possibilities and limits of expressing phrases in performance. Ronald Blankenborg’s analysis of metrical, rhythmical, syntactical, and phonological phrasing shows that the text of the Homeric epic allows for different… Read more

Homeric Imagery and the Natural Environment

Responding to George Lakoff’s and Mark Johnson’s analysis of metaphor, William Brockliss explores the Homeric poets’ use of concrete concepts drawn from the Greek natural environment to aid their audiences’ understanding of abstract concepts. In particular, he considers Homeric images that associate flowers with the concepts of deception, disorder, and… Read more



And see AWOL's Alphabetical List of Open Access Monograph Series in Ancient Studies

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