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Homer's Thebes: Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical Pasts - The Center for Hellenic Studies

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Homer's Thebes: Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical Pasts - The Center for Hellenic Studies

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Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are the only early Greek heroic epics to have survived the transition to writing, even though extant evidence indicates that they emerged from a thriving oral culture. Among the missing are the songs of Boeotian Thebes. Homer’s Thebes examines moments in the Iliad and Odyssey where Theban characters and thematic engagements […]

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