Download This PaperHomer in the Renaissance: The Troy Stories
19 Pages Posted: 14 Dec 2012
Date Written: 1988
Abstract
This paper is an overview of the medieval "matter of Troy" as a source and context for the Renaissance reception of the Homeric epics. The main sources and works are taken into account, as well as their impact and the image of the Homeric poems through the medieval and early modern period.
Keywords: Homer, Matter of Troy, Medieval literature, Renaissance literature, Greek mythology
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Garcia Landa, Jose Angel, Homer in the Renaissance: The Troy Stories (1988). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2188985 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2188985
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