Metaphor in Homer: Time, Speech, and Thought

How are time, speech, and thought presented in the Iliad and Odyssey? What role does metaphor play in these portrayals? How might metaphor have aided the poet in the production of his song? In this book, Andreas T. Zanker considers these and other questions from the perspective of conceptual metaphor theory, investigating the commonalities and differences between the ancient and modern conceptualizations of, for example, the passing of time, communication of information, and internal dialogue. In so doing, he takes a stance on broader questions concerning the alleged 'primitive' quality of the Homeric conceptual system, the process of composition in performance, and the categories of the literal and the figurative. All Greek is translated, and readers in disciplines beyond classics and cognitive linguistics will find something of interest in this investigation of the conceptual metaphors lodged within a corpus of extremely early poetry.

Author: Andreas T. Zanker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 08/01/2019
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.42w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781108491884

About the Author
Zanker, Andreas T.: - Andreas T. Zanker is Assistant Professor of Classics at Amherst College, Massachusetts. He is the author of Greek and Latin Expressions of Meaning: The Classical Origins of a Modern Metaphor (2016) and a coeditor of Horace and Seneca: Interactions, Intertexts, Interpretations (2017).