In the first two decades of the fifth century bc, the century in which Greek tragedy as we know
it flourished, the Greeks were attacked twice by the vastly larger army and navy of the …

Stephen A. Mitchell here offers the fullest examination available of witchcraft in late medieval
Scandinavia. He focuses on those people believed to be able—and who in some instances …

The first edition of this book, a printed version, was published in 2002 by the Center for
Hellenic Studies; that printed version has been replaced by a corrected online version …

The oral-formulaic theory formed by Milman Parry and Albert B. Lord not only revolutionised
Homeric studies but also had an impact on anthropology and folklore. It led to increased …

In recent years, the field of Memory Studies has emerged as a key approach in the
Humanities and Social Sciences, and has increasingly shown its ability to open new …

This book argues that many of the most prominent features of oral epic poetry in a number of
traditions can best be understood as adaptations or stylizations of conversational language …

Twentieth-century research demonstrated that Homer's Iliad and Odyssey began as part of
an ancient Greek oral tradition, and were passed down by word of mouth through …

This collective volume provides a fresh perspective on Homeric reception through a
methodologically focused, interdisciplinary investigation of the transformations of Homeric …

On an 1820-21 trip into the fledgling Serbian Principality, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (hereafter
“Vuk”), the language reformer, orthographer, folklorist, and ideological father of the modern …

Oral traditions are creative: they romanticize and sensationalize otherwise mundane events.
The memory of a historical but probably minor conflict between the Mycenaeans and Trojans …