The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft: Homeric Performance in a Diachronic Perspective

by José González and Jose M. Gonzalez

The Epic Rhapsode and His Craft studies Homeric performance from archaic to Roman imperial times. It argues that oracular utterance, dramatic acting, and rhetorical delivery powerfully elucidate the practice of epic rhapsodes. Attention to the ways in which these performance domains informed each other over time reveals a shifting dynamic of competition and emulation among rhapsodes, actors, and orators that shaped their texts and their crafts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674055896
• ISBN13: 9780674055896
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 834 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"