{"product_id":"the-argonautika-by-orpheus-alexandra-maria-madela-9789004713840","title":"The Argonautika by Orpheus: Writing Pre-Homeric Poetry in Late Antiquity","description":"Is it possible to be better than Homer? For most literary critics in late antiquity, the answer was an unequivocal no, but the anonymous author of the \u003ci\u003eArgonautika\u003c\/i\u003e by Orpheus disagreed. This book, the first English monograph on this late antique epic poem, demonstrates that the idea of competing with Homer is central to the \u003ci\u003eArgonautika\u003c\/i\u003e by Orpheus. Through a series of case-studies on the poem's diction and compositional technique, it proposes a novel approach. Since the mythological bard Orpheus is ostensibly the poem's author, readers are invited to view it from two perspectives simultaneously: as a late antique epic modelled on Homer's works, but also a prehistorical model for Homer's works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandra Maria Madela\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004713840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004713840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Alexandra Maria Madela","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46526710841599,"sku":"9789004713840","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_64da34cd-a511-4908-b245-65c4a775ba42.jpg?v=1737556940","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-argonautika-by-orpheus-alexandra-maria-madela-9789004713840","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}