Table of Contents

Introducton
1: Minna Skafte Jensen: In What Sense Can the Iliad and the Odyssey Be Considered Oral Texts?
2: Walter Burkert: The Song of Ares and Aphrodite: On the Relationship between the Odyssey and the Iliad
3: Adolf Köhnken: Odysseus' Scar: An Essay on Homeric Epic Narrative Technique
4: Irene J. F. de Jong: Between Word and Deed: Hidden Thoughts in the Odyssey
5: Norman Austin: Name Magic in the Odyssey
6: Erwin Cook: 'Active' and 'Passive' Heroics in the Odyssey
7: Peter Walcot: Odysseus and the Art of Lying
8: R. B. Rutherford: The Philosophy of the Odyssey
9: Helene P. Foley: 'Reverse Similes' and Sex Roles in the Odyssey
10: Chris Emlyn-Jones: The Reunion of Penelope and Odysseus
11: Sheila Murnaghan: Penelope's Agnoia: Knowledge, Power, and Gender in the Odyssey
12: Lillian E. Doherty: Gender and Internal Audiences in the Odyssey
13: James M. Redfield: The Economic Man
14: Peter W. Rose: Class Ambivalence in the Odyssey
15: Ann L. T. Bergren: Helen's 'Good Drug'
16: Piero Boitani: The Shadow of Ulysses beyond 2001

About the Author

Lillian E. Doherty is Professor of Classics, University of Maryland, College Park.

Reviews

"Oxford Readings in Homer's IOdyssey assembles sixteen authoritative articles that have appeared over the last thirty years. their interpretative strategies include, in additional to the traditional close readings, the approaches of comparative anthropology, narratology, feminism, and audience-oriented criticism. Papers have been selected for their clarity and accessibility, and each is informed by close attention to philological and textual detail. A specially written Introduction puts the selections in a wider context by giving an overview of major strands in the interpretation of Homer in the second half of the twentieth century." --Homerica