
Homer in Sicily
Essays from Fonte Aretusa's 2022 Symposium in Siracusa
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Homer in Sicily
Essays from Fonte Aretusa's 2022 Symposium in Siracusa
About this book
Homeric Thrinacia - our Sicily - was recognized by ancient scholars as the legendary home of the Cattle of the Sun, the Cyclops, and the Laestrygonians; close neighbor of Aeolus, Scylla, and Charybdis. In the nineteenth century Samuel Butler memorably theorized that the Odyssey's author was a young Sicilian woman, reflected in the figure of Nausicaä. Otherwise, few modern scholars have explored Sicily's association with Homeric poetry, the Odyssey in particular-until now. Edited by Cathy Callaway, Stamatia Dova, and George A. Gazis, this volume combines papers selected from Fonte Aretusa's conference in 2022 with invited articles. It critically explores the links between Homer and Sicily, ancient and modern, including those in material culture.
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