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- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on the Contributors
- General Introduction
- Part I Homeric Song and Text
- Introduction
- Homeric Epic in Performance
- Homeric Poetics
- Homer in a World of Song
- Epic Traditions
- Mythic Background
- The Language of Homer
- From Song to Text
- Key Topics
- Achilles
- Ancient Near Eastern Epic
- Batrakhomuomakhia (The Battle of Frogs and Mice)
- Catalogues
- Dreams
- Early Editions
- Ekphrasis
- Epic Cycle
- Epithets
- Formula
- Gods and Goddesses
- Hesiod and Homer
- Home
- Homer and Indo-European Myth
- Homer and the Alphabet
- Homeric Body and Mind
- Homeric Dialects
- Homeric Humor
- The Homeric Hymns
- Homeric Scholia
- Hospitality
- The Iliad: An Overview
- Immanence
- Kleos
- Lament
- Margites
- Meter
- Narrative
- Odysseus
- The Odyssey: An Overview
- Panathenaia
- Panhellenism
- Pisistratus
- Rhapsodes and the Homēridai
- Ring Composition
- Similes
- Speech
- Trojan Horse
- Troy
- Type Scene
- Part II Homeric World
- Part III Homer in the World
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Troy
from Key Topics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2020
- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on the Contributors
- General Introduction
- Part I Homeric Song and Text
- Introduction
- Homeric Epic in Performance
- Homeric Poetics
- Homer in a World of Song
- Epic Traditions
- Mythic Background
- The Language of Homer
- From Song to Text
- Key Topics
- Achilles
- Ancient Near Eastern Epic
- Batrakhomuomakhia (The Battle of Frogs and Mice)
- Catalogues
- Dreams
- Early Editions
- Ekphrasis
- Epic Cycle
- Epithets
- Formula
- Gods and Goddesses
- Hesiod and Homer
- Home
- Homer and Indo-European Myth
- Homer and the Alphabet
- Homeric Body and Mind
- Homeric Dialects
- Homeric Humor
- The Homeric Hymns
- Homeric Scholia
- Hospitality
- The Iliad: An Overview
- Immanence
- Kleos
- Lament
- Margites
- Meter
- Narrative
- Odysseus
- The Odyssey: An Overview
- Panathenaia
- Panhellenism
- Pisistratus
- Rhapsodes and the Homēridai
- Ring Composition
- Similes
- Speech
- Trojan Horse
- Troy
- Type Scene
- Part II Homeric World
- Part III Homer in the World
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
In the Iliad, the physical, material makeup of the city of Troy is never described for its own sake. Descriptions of the city are always utilized in order to articulate the tensions and cohesion that structure the community of the Trojans.
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- The Cambridge Guide to Homer , pp. 208 - 212Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020