This book consists of twelve chapters written over the past forty five years nine are revised and in some cases expanded versions of previously published papers chapters 7 9 and 11 are new the twelve chapters reflect the authors long standing interest in and approaches to the literary interpretation of homeric poetry some focus closely on the diction metre style and thematic . Homeric epic and its reception interpretive essays english edition ebook schein seth l amazonde kindle shop. Homeric epic and its reception comprising twelve chapter some previously published but revised for this collection and others appearing here in print for the first time offers literary interpretations of the iliad the odyssey and the homeric hymn to aphrodite while some chapters closely study the diction meter style and thematic resonance of particular passages and episodes in the . Seth l schein homeric epic and its reception interpretive es says oxford oxford university press 2016 xiv 225 pp isbn 978 0 19 958941 8 the book under review comprises twelve mostly slender essays on homer homeric epic and homeric reception all of them previously published and spanning forty ive years a careers worth of thinking and writing about an endlessly rich set of . Seth l schein homeric epic and its reception interpretive essays oxford oxford university press 2016