An edition of The authoress of the Odyssey (1897)

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 , , and

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An edition of The authoress of the Odyssey (1897)

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 , , and

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Longmans, Green
Language
English
Pages
275

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Subjects

Authorship, Odysseus (Greek mythology) in literature, Greek Epic poetry, Women and literature, In literature, Homer

People

Homer

Places

Greece

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Cover of: The Authoress of the Odyssey
The Authoress of the Odyssey
1967-01-01, University of Chicago
in English
Cover of: 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
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
1967-01-01, The University of Chicago Press
in English
Cover of: The Authoress of the Odyssey
The Authoress of the Odyssey
1967, Phoenix Books
in English
Cover of: 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.
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.
1897, A.C. Fifield
in English
Cover of: The authoress of the Odyssey
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
1897, Longmans, Green
in English
Cover of: The authoress of the Odyssey
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
1897, Longmans, Green
in English

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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Frontispiece portrait captioned "Nausicaa. (See Preface)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
883.1
Library of Congress
PA4167 .B8

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 1 unnumbered page, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
Number of pages
275

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27897658M
Internet Archive
authoressofodyss00butl
OCLC/WorldCat
3180312

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL22360W

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