Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

C.A. Trypanis. The Homeric Epics. Warminster: Aris & Phillips, Ltd.

A survey touching on the authorship question, theories of dating, oral epic narrative technique and artistry, and the structure of the poem in terms of "principal traditional epic themes" (12). A final chapter dealing with the influence of the Homeric epics briefly examines the contributions of the Alexandrian scholars to Homeric studies.
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