TY - BOOK ID - 77873118 TI - Homer's people PY - 2000 SN - 0511407610 1107297974 0511408382 0511409192 0511409710 0511410255 9780511410253 9781107297975 9780521770095 0521770092 9780521066419 0521066417 0511406495 PB - Cambridge, UK New York, NY, USA DB - UniCat KW - Epic poetry, Greek KW - Politics and literature KW - Literature and society KW - Social structure in literature. KW - Community life in literature. KW - Oral-formulaic analysis. KW - Formulaic analysis, Oral KW - Folk literature KW - Folklore KW - Oral tradition KW - History and criticism. KW - History and criticism KW - Methodology KW - Homer KW - Hóiméar KW - Hūmīrūs KW - Homeros KW - Gomer KW - Omir KW - Omer KW - Omero KW - Ho-ma KW - Homa KW - Homérosz KW - האמער KW - הומירוס KW - הומר KW - הומרוס KW - هومر KW - هوميروس KW - 荷马 KW - Ὅμηρος KW - Гамэр KW - Hamėr KW - Омир KW - Homère KW - Homero KW - 호메로스 KW - Homerosŭ KW - Homērs KW - Homeras KW - Хомер KW - ホメーロス KW - ホメロス KW - Гомер KW - Homeri KW - Hema KW - Pseudo-Homer KW - Pseudo Omero KW - Political and social views. KW - Social structure in literature KW - Community life in literature KW - Oral-formulaic analysis KW - Poésie épique grecque KW - Politique et littérature KW - Littérature et société KW - Structure sociale dans la littérature KW - Communauté dans la littérature KW - Analyse des formules orales KW - History KW - Histoire et critique KW - Histoire KW - Epic poetry, Greek - History and criticism. KW - Politics and literature - Greece. KW - Literature and society - Greece. KW - Homerus UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77873118 AB - This book examines the role and character of Homer's people, laoi, in Homeric story-telling, arguing that Homeric poetry is crucially concerned with the people as a basis for communal life. Both The Iliad and The Odyssey are read as sustained meditations on the processes involved in protecting and destroying the people. The investigation draws on a wide range of approaches from formulaic analysis to the study of early performance contexts. From a close reading of the Homeric epics, Homer's people emerge as a community without effective social structures. When this is viewed from the perspective of Homeric performances in the polis, a contrast between Homer's laoi and the founding people of ritual emerges. While the former typically perish, the survival of the latter is secured by the establishment of successful institutions. ER -