Homeric Moments
by Brann, Eva T. H.Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-09-01
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Summary
"Written with wit and clarity, this book will be of value to those reading the "Odyssey" and the "Iliad" for the first time and to those teaching it to beginners."-"Library Journal" In 48 brief chapters, Eva Brann delves beneath the captivating surface of Homer's epics to explore the inner connections and layers of meaning that have made these intricately constructed works "the marvels of the ages."
Author Biography
Eva Brann is a member of the senior faculty at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. XIII |
| Accounting for the Title | p. 3 |
| The Gods | p. 35 |
| Odysseus: His Looks and Transformations | p. 46 |
| Odysseus: His Nature | p. 51 |
| Heroes | p. 58 |
| Odysseus at Troy | p. 60 |
| Ajax the Silent | p. 70 |
| Brief Achilles and Enduring Odysseus | p. 75 |
| Hephaestus' World: the Shield | p. 79 |
| Patroclus the Friend | p. 88 |
| Achilles the Unwitting Liar | p. 90 |
| Hector the Holder | p. 95 |
| The Plan of Zeus | p. 98 |
| Achilles as Hades and Achilles in Hades | p. 100 |
| Beginnings and Endings | p. 107 |
| The Returns | p. 115 |
| The Poet of the Odyssey | p. 118 |
| Naivete and Insight | p. 122 |
| Beauty and Craft | p. 124 |
| Visibility and Visuality | p. 128 |
| Simile: The Double Vision | p. 134 |
| Name Tags and Speaking Names | p. 141 |
| Telemachus and His Telemachy | p. 145 |
| Nestor at Home | p. 150 |
| Helen at Troy and Helen at Home | p. 154 |
| The Stations and Sightings of Odysseus' Odyssey | p. 168 |
| Asleep on the Watch | p. 171 |
| The Poet of the Odyssey | p. 174 |
| The Fame of Men and Women | p. 178 |
| Odysseus' Odyssey I: First Through Sixth Adventure | p. 182 |
| Odysseus in Hades: Seventh Adventure | p. 197 |
| The Wooers in Hades | p. 201 |
| The Treasure House of the Greeks | p. 204 |
| Odysseus' Odyssey II: Eighth Through Tenth Adventure | p. 208 |
| Calypso Who Conceals: Eleventh Adventure | p. 215 |
| Phaeacia the Artists' Colony: Twelfth Adventure | p. 219 |
| The Locales and Settings of Homer's Odyssey | p. 227 |
| The Liar's Goddess | p. 230 |
| The Cretan Liar | p. 237 |
| Lying Tales Versus Fairy Tales | p. 247 |
| Telemachus Returns | p. 250 |
| Odysseus and Telemachus: Convergence | p. 255 |
| Penelope the Kingly Queen | p. 257 |
| Suitors and Servants | p. 264 |
| Crisis | p. 270 |
| At First Sight | p. 274 |
| Testing | p. 285 |
| Time Chasms | p. 292 |
| Twice Told, Thrice Dead | p. 299 |
| Picture Credits | p. 304 |
| References | p. 305 |
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