Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Agapitos G. Tsopanakis. Homerica Researches: From the Prosodic Irregularity to the Construction of the Verse. Thessaloniki: Institute for Balkan Studies.

Interprets the complexity of the ancient Greek hexameter, and even of Homeric formulaic phraseology, as the result of combinations of metrical word-types. Also considers grammatical and rhetorical forms as sources of complexitiy and irregularity.
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