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Rediscovering Homer: Inside the Origins of the Epic by Andrew Dalby (Hardcover, 2006)

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INSIDE THE ORIGINS OF THE EPIC' by Andrew Dalby. Hardback with Dust-Wrapper. 266 pages. Not illustrated. First edition 2006. Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, New York. The contents, hard covers & dust-wrapper are in new condition.

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Who created the Odyssey and the Iliad? A portrait of the poet and the world. Scholar Andrew Dalby delves into the world that first heard the Odyssey and the Iliad, and asks new questions about the poet named Homer. Dalby follows the growth of the legend of Troy from its kernel of historical truth, and retraces the succession of singers who re-created the unforgettable story for generations of audiences. He asks why the two great epics at last crossed the frontier from song to writing, and how this astonishing transformation from the singer's mouth to the goatskin page was achieved. A gifted detective of the classical world, Dalby finds new approaches to the personality of Homer, showing how the earliest evidence has been misread. He makes a powerful case that both poems are the work of a single poet and comes to an ultimate conclusion that will surprise even serious classical scholars: Homer was most likely a woman.