The winnowing oar : new perspectives in Homeric studies ; studies in honor of Antonios Rengakos

In the wake of recent advances in the treatment of longstanding problems pertaining to the interpretation of Homeric poetry, this volume brings together cutting-edge research from a cohort of acclaimed scholars on Homer and the Homeric Hymns. The variety of topics covered spans the entire field of Homeric philology: the methods and solutions provided for a new edition of the Odyssey, the puzzle of the relation between the festival of the Panathenaea and the Homeric text, the disclosure of the meaning of notorious cruces pertaining to arcane formulas, the two emblematic heroes of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Achilles and Odysseus, Homeric poetics, the range and use of repetition in a traditional medium, the composition of the Homeric epics, the Apologoi and 'Cyclic' Narrative, as well as the Homeric Hymns to Hermes and Aphrodite. Table of Contents Introduction Text Editing the Odyssey Homer at the Panathenaia: Some possible scenarios Interpretation The failed embassy: Achilles in the Iliad Hector (and) the race horse: The telescopic vision of the Iliad Homeric fate, Homeric poetics The Apologos of Odysseus: Tradition and conspiracy theories The best of the Achaeans? Odysseus and Achilles in the Odyssey Language and Formulas Repetition, range, and attention: The Iliad ‘Authentic’ vs. ‘artificial’: Homeric EΠEΕΣΣΙ(Ν) reconsidered ΑΠ’/ΚΑΤ’ ΑΙΓΙΛΙΠΟΣ ΠΕΤΡΗΣ: Homeric iconyms and Hittite answers Mysterious Lemnos: A note on AΜΙΧΘΑΛOΕΣΣΑ (Il. 24.753) Homeric Hymns ‘Hail and take pleasure!’ Making gods present in narration through choral song and other epiphanic strategies in the Homeric Hymns to Dionysus and Apollo Tithonus, Eos and the cicada in the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite and Sappho fr. 58 Publications by Antonios Rengakos General Index Index of Principal Homeric Passages This volume brings together cutting-edge research from a cohort of acclaimed scholars on Homer and the Homeric Hymns. The relevant studies deal with textual issues, language and interpretation of obscure formulas, Achilles and Odysseus, Homeric poetics, the function of repetition, interpretive issues concerning the composition of the Homeric epics, the Apologoi and 'Cyclic' Narrative, as well as the Homeric Hymns to Hermes and Aphrodite