The Authoress of the Odyssey : Where and when she wrote, who she was, the use she made of the Iliad and how the poem grew under her hands

by: Butler, S.

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Importance of the enquiry
The story of the Odyssey
The preponderance of woman in the Odyssey
Jealousy for the honour and dignity of woman
On the question of whether or no Penelope is being whitewashed
Further considerations regarding the character of Penelope
Further indications that the writer is a woman
That Ithaca and Scheria are both of them drawn from Trapani and its immediate neighbourhood
The Ionian and the Aegadean Islands
Further details regarding the voyages of Ulysses
Who was the writer?
The date of the poem
Further evidence in support of an early Ionian settlement at or close to Trapani
That the Iliad which the writer of the Odyssey knew was the same as what we now have
The Odyssey in its relation to the other poems of the Trojan cycle and its development in the hands of the authoress
Conclusion

Subjects:
Authors' presentation copies (Provenance)
Authorship
Epic poetry, Greek Authorship
Femmes et littérature Grèce
Greece
Homer
Homer Authorship
Literature
Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character)
Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) In literature
Odyssey (Homer)
Women and literature
Women and literature Greece

The Authoress of the Odyssey : Where and when she wrote, who she was, the use she made of the Iliad and how the poem grew under her hands

by: Butler, S.

• The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1967

Price: 19,96 EURO

1 copy in stock