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title:The Winged Word : A Study in the Technique of Ancient Greek Oral Composition As Seen Principally Through Hesiod's Works and Days
author:Peabody, Berkley.
publisher:State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin:0873950593
print isbn13:9780873950596
ebook isbn13:9780585197166
language:English
subjectHesiod.--Works and days, Oral-formulaic analysis, Greek language--Style, Oral tradition--Greece, Hesiod--Technique, Rhetoric, Ancient.
publication date:1975
lcc:PA4009.O7P4eb
ddc:881/.01/09
subject:Hesiod.--Works and days, Oral-formulaic analysis, Greek language--Style, Oral tradition--Greece, Hesiod--Technique, Rhetoric, Ancient.
The Winged Word
A Study in the Technique of Ancient Greek Oral Composition as Seen Principally through Hesiod's Works and Days
Berkley Peabody
State University of New York Press
Albany 1975
Page iv
THE WINGED WORD
First Edition
Published by State University of New York Press,
99 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12210
1975 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Made in the United States of America
In unrevised form this work was awarded
the Monograph Prize in the Humanities for 1961
of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data:
Peabody, Berkley, 1929
The winged word.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Hesiodus. Opera et dies. 2. Greek language
Style. 3. Oral tradition. I. Title.
PA4009.07P4Picture 2881'.01'09 72-91200
ISBN 0-87395-059-3
Peabody, Berkley, 1929
The winged word.
Microfiche.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Hesiodus. Opera et dies. 2. Greek language
Style. 3. Oral tradition. I. Title.
MicrofichePA4009 881'.01'09 75-4842
ISBN 0-87395-159-X
Page v
Contents
Foreword
by Albert B. Lord
xi
Preface
xv
1. The Approach
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Oral Theory and the Epos
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Oral Theory and Its Tests
1
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Problems of Oral Theory for the Epos
2
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The Method of the Winged Word
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The Works and Days as an Exemplar Text
9
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Comparison as a Tool for Diachronic Analysis
11
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Form Versus Language
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The Classical Description of the Hexameter
14
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Problems of Classical Description for Oral Theory
16
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Form as Language
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Evolutionary Metrics
19
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Comparative and Phonological Metrics
21
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Ancient Indo-European Metrics
Picture 16
The Relating of Iranian, Indian, and Greek Meters
24
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Quantity and Syllable Count
26
Page vi
2. The Shape of Utterance
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The Repetition of Utterance
30
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The Metrical Tradition
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