The Oral Nature of the Homeric Simile

By William C. Scott

Subjects: Literary style, Epic poetry, history and criticism, Homer, Figures of speech, Greek language, Oral tradition, Simile, Rhetoric, Ancient, Ancient Rhetoric, Oral-formulaic analysis

Description: This work, by Dartmouth Professor Emeritus William Scott, centers on Homer's similes as compositions derived from, and dependent on, an oral tradition.