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Title:

Works and Days as a Transittional Text

Subject and Keywords:

transitional text   Myth of Races   Pandora   doublets   abbreviation   performance time

Abstract:

Hesiod’s Works and Days shows a number of peculiarities. Boththe Winter segment and the Nautilia contain doublets; significant narrative details are omitted in both the myths; there are internal contradictions; the poem hints at material that is not developed, such as Pandora’s deceptive speech and bird-omens. This paper suggests that the poem is a transitional text that establishes a definitive versionof a poem previously performed with extensive variation. Sucha version required compromises if it was to convey the poet’s thought without being open to misunderstanding and still be performable in one sitting.

Publisher:

CIBRKOP

Date:

2019

Date issued:

2015-

Resource Type:

text

Detailed Type:

czasopisma (wydawnictwa ciągłe)

Identifier:

ISSN 2449–8181

Language:

eng

Rights holder:

Copyright by Instytut Studiów Klasycznych, Sródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych, Pracowania Badan nad Tradycja Oralna, 2016