Homeric Orality is a theoretical construct in classical philology that denotes the oral-formulaic composition system underlying the Homeric epics, distinguishing it from written literary production by its reliance on traditional poetic language, metrical patterns, and mnemonic devices characteristic of pre-literate Greek epic performance.
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Jasper Griffin · The Journal of Hellenic Studies · 1986 · 310 citations
Humanities, Linguistics, Literature +16
Poetry in speech: orality and Homeric discourse
Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 248 citations · Full text
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Heidelberg University
Heidelberg, Germany
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112 citations
University of Reading
Reading, United Kingdom
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Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter, United States
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University College London
London, United Kingdom
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
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United Church of Christ
Cleveland, United States
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UCL Australia
Adelaide, Australia
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Arizona State University
Tempe, United States
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- The Classical Quarterly
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- Phoenix
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- The American Journal of Philology
AJP · 3 publications · 242 citations
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- Oral tradition
OT · 3 publications · 246 citations
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- Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association
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