Greek Literature in the Classical Period: The Prose of Historiography and Oratory

by Gregory Nagy (Editor)

This volume is available on its own or as part of the seven volume set, Greek Literature . This collection reprints in facsimile the most influential scholarship published in this field during the twentieth century. For a complete list of the volume titles in this set, see the listing for Greek Literature [ISBN 0-8153-3681-0]. A full table of contents can be obtained by reference@routledge-ny.com.

422 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Gregory Nagy is an American professor of Classics at Harvard University, specializing in Homer and archaic Greek poetry. Nagy is known for extending Milman Parry and Albert Bates Lord's theories about the oral composition-in-performance of the Iliad and Odyssey.