Homer and the will of Zeus.
| Publisher | West Chester University |
| Publication | College Literature |
| Subject | Education |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0093-3139 |
| Issues per Year | 3 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Published | 2007-03-22 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Person | Criticism and interpretation | Homer |
| Author | n/a | Joe Wilson |
| Author | Criticism and interpretation | Zeus |
After reading the Homeric poems, and indeed after reading interpretations of them, I cannot help asking about Homer and wondering what he thought he was doing. (Ford 1992, 1)
Andrew Ford's question haunts all who undertake the study of Homer, that most illusive of figures, endowed with none of the ordinary predicates of existence, the putative author, singer, or monumental composer of the incomparable Iliad and/or the Odyssey, or neither. (1) R. Martin has suggested that, in the midst of the intense revisionism that has beset tragedy and comedy, Homeric studies are...
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