Maneuvers in the Dark of Night: Iliad 10 in the Twenty-First Century

Dué, Casey

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“…This interpretation is chal-lenged in Shewan (1911); Thornton (1984) 164-69; Williams (2000); Dué and Ebbott (2010); Dué (2012). Indeed, it has been argued that Iliad book 10 and the Odyssey resemble each other only because of their shared focus on the lokhos (ambush): Dué and Ebbott (2010) especially 31-87;Dué (2012) especially 181-83. Even this revisionist approach, however, reserves a special role for Crete: Dué and Ebbott (2010) 260.…”

Section: The 'Tomb Of Meriones' At Knossos(?): Archaeology Cretmentioning

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Homer, The Archaeology of Crete and the ‘Tomb of Meriones’ at Knossos

Kotsonas

2018

J. Hell. Stud.

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Homeric archaeology long dominated the study of early Greece, but new approaches have recently revolutionized the field. Drawing from these approaches, I offer a regional and diachronic analysis of Homeric stories about Crete, an assessment of the reception of these stories by the island's inhabitants throughout antiquity and an account of their impact on medieval to modern literature and art. I find that Cretan interest in Homer peaks in the Hellenistic period, but also argue for the much earlier familiarity of some Cretans with stories that underlie the Homeric epics. This argument relies on an analysis of the archaeological assemblage of a Knossian tomb of the 11th century BC, which includes a range of arms that is exceptional for both Aegean archaeology and the Homeric epics. In the epics, this equipment is carried by the Knossian hero Meriones, whose poetic persona can be traced back to the Late Bronze Age on philological and linguistic grounds. Based on this, and on current understandings of performance at death, I argue that the Knossian burial assemblage was staged to reference the persona of Meriones, therefore suggesting the familiarity of some Cretans with early stories that eventually filtered into the Homeric epics.

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Section: The 'Tomb Of Meriones' At Knossos(?): Archaeology Cretmentioning

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Homer, The Archaeology of Crete and the ‘Tomb of Meriones’ at Knossos

Kotsonas

2018

J. Hell. Stud.

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The Embassy, the Ambush, and the Ogre

Morales-Harley

2024

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This volume presents a sophisticated and intricate examination of the parallels between Sanskrit and Greco-Roman literature. By means of a philological and literary analysis, Morales-Harley hypothesizes that Greco-Roman literature was known, understood, and recreated in India. Moreover, it is argued that the techniques for adapting epic into theater could have been Greco-Roman influences in India, and that some of the elements adapted within the literary motifs (specifically the motifs of the embassy, the ambush, and the ogre) could have been Greco-Roman borrowings by Sanskrit authors. This book draws on a wide variety of sources, including Iliad, Phoenix, Rhesus and Cyclops (Greco-Roman) as well as Mahābhārata, The Embassy, The Five Nights and The Middle One (Sanskrit). The result is a well-supported argument which presents us with the possibility of cultural exchange between the Greco-Roman world and India – a possibility which, though hypothetical, is worth acknowledging. Due to its comparative nature, this volume will appeal to both Indologists and Classicists, including Mahābhārata scholars, Sanskrit theater scholars, and those interested in comparative work with Sanskrit literature. It brings an original perspective to the field, and provides inspiration for new lines of research.

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1. Can Literary Parallelisms Prove Cultural Contact?

Morales-Harley

2024

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Maneuvers in the Dark of Night: Iliad 10 in the Twenty-First Century

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Homer, The Archaeology of Crete and the ‘Tomb of Meriones’ at Knossos

Homer, The Archaeology of Crete and the ‘Tomb of Meriones’ at Knossos

The Embassy, the Ambush, and the Ogre

1. Can Literary Parallelisms Prove Cultural Contact?

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