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Auteur(s) : Bakker, Egbert J.
Titre(s) : The meaning of meat and the structure of the Odyssey [Texte imprimé] / Egbert J. Bakker
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013
Description matérielle : xiii, 191 pages ; 24 cm
Comprend : 1. Epos and Aoidë ; 2. Nostos as quest ; 3. Meat in myth and life ; 4. Of hunters
and herders ; 5. Feasting in the land of the dawn ; 6. The revenge of the sun ;
7. The justice of Poseidon ; 8. Remembering the Gastër
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-181) and indexes
"This comprehensive study of the Odyssey sees in meat and meat consumption a centre
of gravitation for the interpretation of the poem. It aims to place the cultural practices
represented in the poem against the background of the (agricultural) lived reality
of the poem's audiences in the archaic age, and to align the themes of the adventures
in Odysseus' wanderings with the events that transpire at Ithaca in the hero's absence.
The criminal meat consumption of the suitors of Penelope in the civilised space of
Ithaca is shown to resonate with the adventures of Odysseus and his companions in
the pre-cultural worlds they are forced to visit. The book draws on folklore studies,
the anthropology of hunting cultures, the comparative study of oral traditions, and
the agricultural history of archaic and classical Greece. It will also be of interest
to narratologists and students of folklore and Homeric poetics"
Sujet(s) : Homère. Odyssée -- Thèmes, motifs
Repas -- Dans la littérature
Viande -- Dans la littérature
Aliments -- Dans la littérature
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780521111201 (hardback). - ISBN 052111120X (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43786094c
Notice n° :
FRBNF43786094
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