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The Raft of Odysseus: The Ethnographic Imagination of Homer's Odyssey
By Carol Dougherty
243 pages
- Contributors:
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Place of publication:
- New York
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Subjects:
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Odysseus (Greek Mythology) in Literature
Trojan War--Literature and the War
Geography, Ancient, in Literature
Ethnic Groups in Literature
Ocean Travel in Literature
Ethnology in Literature
Commerce in Literature
Homer. Odyssey
Homer--Knowledge--Ethnology
Homer--Knowledge--Geography
Odysseus (Greek Mythology) in LiteratureShow more
Trojan War--Literature and the War
Geography, Ancient, in Literature
Ethnic Groups in Literature
Ocean Travel in Literature
Ethnology in Literature
Commerce in Literature
Homer. Odyssey
Homer--Knowledge--Ethnology
Homer--Knowledge--Geography
Epic Poetry, Greek--History and Criticism
Synopsis
The Raft of Odysseus looks at the fascinating intersection of traditional myth with an enthnographically-viewed Homeric world. Carol Dougherty argues that the resourcefulness of Odysseus as an adventurer on perilous seas served as an example to Homer's society which also had to adjust in inventive ways to turbulent conditions. The fantastic adventures of Odysseus act as a prism for the experiences of Homer's own listeners--traders, seafarers, storytellers, soldiers--and give us a glimpse into their ...
The Raft of Odysseus looks at the fascinating intersection of traditional myth with an enthnographically-viewed Homeric world. Carol Dougherty argues that the resourcefulness of Odysseus as an adventurer on perilous seas served as an example to Homer's society which also had to adjust in inventive ways to turbulent conditions. The fantastic adventures of Odysseus act as a prism for the experiences of Homer's own listeners--traders, seafarers, storytellers, soldiers--and give us a glimpse into their own world of hopes and fears, 500 years after the Iliadic events were supposed to have happened.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page *
- Acknowledgments vii
- Contents *
- The Raft of Odysseus *
- Introduction - The Ethnographic Imagination of Homer's Odyssey 3
- I - Setting Sail *
- 1 - Ships and Song 19
- 2 - Poetic Profit 38
- 3 - Travel and Song 61
- II - Phaeacia, Gateway to the Ethnographic Imagination *
- 4 - A Brave New World 81
- 5 - Phaeacians and Phoenicians: Overseas Trade 102
- 6 - Phaeacians and Cyclopes: Overseas Settlement 122
- 7 - Phaeacians and Euboeans: Greeks Overseas 143
- III - Home at Last *
- 8 - Odysseus Returned and Ithaca Re-Founded 161
- Title Page *
- Acknowledgments vii
- Contents *
- The Raft of Odysseus *
- Introduction - The Ethnographic Imagination of Homer's Odyssey 3
- I - Setting Sail *
- 1 - Ships and Song 19
- 2 - Poetic Profit 38
- 3 - Travel and Song 61
- II - Phaeacia, Gateway to the Ethnographic Imagination *
- 4 - A Brave New World 81
- 5 - Phaeacians and Phoenicians: Overseas Trade 102
- 6 - Phaeacians and Cyclopes: Overseas Settlement 122
- 7 - Phaeacians and Euboeans: Greeks Overseas 143
- III - Home at Last *
- 8 - Odysseus Returned and Ithaca Re-Founded 161
- Conclusion: from Raft to Bed 177
- Notes 185
- Bibliography 223
- Index 237