DEBUNKING THE PARRY-LORD ORALIST HYPOTHESIS ON THE COMPOSITION OF HOMER
Keywords:
Accent, Ancient Greek poetry, HomerAbstract
A law of tonal prominence, derived from A. P. David’s new theory of the Greek accent, transforms the analysis of ancient Greek poetry and poetics, with significant implications for Homeric Studies. The first section summarises the new accentual theory. The second section brings forward the remarkable findings already made in Homer’s text, which disclose for the first time a portion of the ‘intrinsic melodic craft’ for which Homer was known in the ancient world.
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