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This is a really great explanation, but could you also add a few references? That would help greatly.
by mykowebhn 3y ago
This is a really great explanation, but could you also add a few references? That would help greatly.
- cafard 3y agoMaybe start with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milman_Parry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milman_Parry
- jwie 3y agoThat’s hard a lot of this is knowledge from my Classics days. There are other theories about Homeric verse. Scholars are pretty sure about formulaic composition explaining some features of Homer. It passes the sniff test and is a simple explanation to a lot of artifacts in the Homeric texts. Some analysis of Homer is misguided since it wasn’t made as a written work. This isn’t a universal belief among scholars today afaik, but it’s a defensible position. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral-formulaic_composition https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral-formulaic_composition