How Long to Read Homer′s Thebes - Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical Pasts

How Long Does it Take to Read Homer′s Thebes - Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical Pasts?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 16 minutes to read Homer′s Thebes - Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical Pasts by Elton T. E. Barker

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are the only early Greek heroic epics to have survived the transition to writing, even though extant evidence indicates that they emerged from a thriving oral culture. Among the missing are the songs of Boeotian Thebes. Homer's Thebes examines moments in the Iliad and Odyssey where Theban characters and thematic engagements come to the fore. Rather than sifting through these appearances to reconstruct lost poems, Elton Barker and Joel Christensen argue that the Homeric poems borrow heroes from Thebes to address key ideas--about politics, time, and genre--that set out the unique superiority of these texts in performance. By using evidence from Hesiod and fragmentary sources attributed to Theban tradition, Barker and Christensen explore Homer's appropriation of Theban motifs of strife and distribution to promote his tale of the sack of Troy and the returns home. As Homer's Thebes shows, this Theban material sheds light on the exceptionality of the Homeric epics through the notions of poetic rivalry and Panhellenism. Furthermore, by emphasizing a nonhierarchical model of "reading" the epics derived from oral-formulaic poetics, this book contributes to recent debates about allusion, neoanalysis, and intertextuality.

How long is Homer′s Thebes - Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical Pasts?

Homer′s Thebes - Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical Pasts by Elton T. E. Barker is 426 pages long, and a total of 109,056 words.

This makes it 144% the length of the average book. It also has 133% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Homer′s Thebes - Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical Pasts Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 55 minutes to read Homer′s Thebes - Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical Pasts aloud.

What Reading Level is Homer′s Thebes - Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical Pasts?

Homer′s Thebes - Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical Pasts is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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