Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Malcolm M. Willcock. A Commentary on Homer's Iliad. London: Macmillan.

Comments on oral poetic techniques throughout. For example, on 8.555-59: "It is a recognized feature of formulaic composition that familiar phrases are supplied to the poet's mind by the general context, leading sometimes to just such minor carelessness in detail" (p. 93).
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