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Invocation Of The Muse

Invocation of the Muse is a conventional poetic device in epic poetry whereby the poet formally calls upon a muse—a divine entity associated with inspiration—as the source of authoritative knowledge and creative power necessary to narrate a grand, heroic tale, distinguishing it from other forms of narrative address through its ritualized appeal to supernatural guidance and its structural placement at the outset of the work.

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Publications

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Homer's Invocations of the Muses: Traditional Patterns

William W. Minton · Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association · 1960 · 61 citations

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The Muses and their Afterlife in post-Classical Europe

Kathleen Christian, Clare E. L. Guest, Claudia Wedepohl · 2014 · 53 citations

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The Introduction of Epic in Rome: Cultural Thefts and Social Contests

Enrica Sciarrino · Arethusa · 2006 · 48 citations

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Whose muse?: art museums and the public trust

Choice Reviews Online · 2004 · 39 citations

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The Programmatic Message of the "Kings and Singers" Passage: Hesiod, Theogony 80-103

Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) · 2003 · 39 citations

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Authors

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  1. ES
    Enrica Sciarrino

    University of Canterbury, New Zealand

    1 publications · 48 citations

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  2. UC
    U. C. Knoepflmacher

    1 publications · 19 citations

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  3. JP
    John Palmer

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. AH
    Alex Hardie

    Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 37 citations

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  5. WJ
    Walter Jackson Bate

    1 publications · 27 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Missouri

    Columbia, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  2. John Jay College of Criminal Justice

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  3. Swarthmore College

    Swarthmore, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  4. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 69 citations

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  2. The American Journal of Philology

    AJP · 2 publications · 65 citations

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  3. Journal of Early Christian History

    JECH · 1 publications · 18 citations

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  4. Philosophy of the Social Sciences

    POS · 1 publications · 19 citations

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  5. The Classical Quarterly

    1 publications · 34 citations

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