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The 'Odyssey' in Athens : Myths of Cultural Origins by Cook, Erwin F. is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>A study in poetic interaction, <i>The "Odyssey" in Athens</i> explores the ways in which narrative structure and parallels within and between epic poems create or disclose meaning. Erwin F. Cook also broadens the scope of this intertextual approach to include the relationship of Homeric epic to ritual. Specifically he argues that the <i>Odyssey</i> achieved its form as a written text within the context of Athenian civic cults during the reign of Peisistratos.</p><p>Focusing on the prologue an
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- Author
- Cook, Erwin F.
- Publisher
- Project Muse, Cornell University Press
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780801473357
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25