TY - BOOK AU - Whitman,Cedric Hubbell TI - Homer and the heroic tradition AV - PA4037 .W66 U1 - 883.1 PY - 1958/// CY - Cambridge PB - Harvard University Press KW - Homer KW - Homère KW - Epic poetry, Greek KW - History and criticism KW - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) KW - Mythology, Greek, in literature KW - Oral tradition KW - Greece KW - Rhetoric, Ancient N1 - Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [313]-356); The meaning of unity -- The memory of the Achaeans -- Athens, 1200-700 B.C. -- Festivals, Pisistratus, and writing -- Homer and geometric art -- Image, symbol, and formula -- Fire and other elements -- Homeric character and the tradition -- Achilles : evolution of a hero -- Fate, time, and the gods -- The geometric structure of The Iliad -- The Odyssey and change UR - http://www.archive.org/details/homerheroictradi00whit UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL6246528M ER -