ILIAD AND ODYSSEY (VOLUME I)
A Hermeneutic Approach to the meaning of the Epics through texts of Ancient Greek Literature, texts of Byzantine Scholars and 19th-century Bibliography.
What new insights could yet another work on the Homeric epics possibly bring? The main motivation stems from the common, timeless, and pervasive feeling that no one has yet reached the true meaning of the epics, satisfying the general and instinctively expressed certainty that there is a truth hidden within the epics, which has not yet been discovered.
So what is it that Homer carefully and cleverly conceals from us?
Initially, the written sources attest to the conscious concealment of Palamedes' involvement in the war and his malicious murder.
What else does it hide from us?
How did Achilles die? Homer narrates his funeral rites but tells us nothing about how he lost his life.
What is the truth behind the death of Ajax Telamon? How did Ajax of Oileus lose his life?
Why did Odysseus take so long to return to Ithaca? Why is an obviously false narrative created about his return?
The sources have already provided the answers...
Manufacturer
- Publisher
- Iamvos
- Genre
- Ancient Greek Literature, Byzantine Literature
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 504
- Release Date
- 31/05/2024
- Publication Date
- 2024
- Dimensions
- 17x24 cm
- Language
- Greek
- Original text
- No
- Translation
- -
- Bilingual edition
- No
- ISBN-13
- 9786185688417
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