Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Walter Arend. Die typischen Scenen bei Homer. Problemata: Forschungen zur Klassischen Philologie, Heft 7. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung.

Opens with a history of the problem of repetition and parallel scenes in Homer, including analysis of typical modes of question and answer, some of it at the level of phraseology. Greater part of the volume is devoted to individual descriptions of typical scenes and their variants, such as Arrival, Sacrifice and Feast, Departure (of ships and other vehicles), Armor and Dressing, Sleep, Pondering (usually with internal monologue), Oath, and Bath. A conclusion makes comparisons with Apollonios and Virgil. This monograph prompted Parry 1936a.
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