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Homeric Characterization

Homeric Characterization is a literary-analytical construct in Homeric scholarship that identifies and interprets the distinctive traits, behaviors, and speech patterns of characters in the Homeric epics as shaped by formulaic language, thematic repetition, and traditional narrative functions within the oral epic tradition.

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9.3K

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125

Authors

35

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2017–2026

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Publications

138

The Making of Homeric Verse: The Collected Papers of Milman Parry

William Whallon, Adam Parry · Comparative Literature · 1972 · 491 citations

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The language of heroes: speech and performance in the Iliad

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 465 citations

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The Epic Cycle and the uniqueness of Homer

Jasper Griffin · The Journal of Hellenic Studies · 1977 · 354 citations

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Vergil's "Aeneid" and the "Argonautica" of Apollonius Rhodius

Charles Rowan Beye, Damien Nelis · The Classical World · 2004 · 334 citations

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Studies in the Epic Technique of Oral Verse-Making. I. Homer and Homeric Style

Milman Parry · Harvard Studies in Classical Philology · 1930 · 322 citations

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Authors

125

  1. MP
    Milman Parry

    5 publications · 925 citations

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  2. MF
    Margalit Finkelberg

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    4 publications · 132 citations

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  3. AW
    A. W. H. Adkins

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 276 citations

    4

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  4. AP
    Adam Parry

    3 publications · 517 citations

    3

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  5. CR
    Charles Rowan Beye

    3 publications · 409 citations

    3

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Institutions

35

  1. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    106 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    174 citations

  3. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  4. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  5. Institute of History and Archaeology

    Yekaterinburg, Russia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    58 citations

  6. Trinity University

    San Antonio, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  7. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  8. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of Hellenic Studies

    14 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. The Classical Quarterly

    14 publications · 550 citations

    13

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  3. The American Journal of Philology

    AJP · 12 publications · 416 citations

    11

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 10 publications · 1.5K citations

    10

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  5. Phoenix

    10 publications · 461 citations

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