Apollonius' Argonautica and the Homeric Hymns

Apollonius' Argonautica and the Homeric Hymns

A Study in Hymnody, Hero Cult, and Homeric Reception

McPhee, Brian

Brill

12/2024

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Acknowledgments

Note on Texts, Translations, and Abbreviations



Introduction

?1?Topic and Status Quaestionis

?2?The Homeric Hymns: An Overview

?3?Method and Terminology

?4?A Survey of Exemplary Intertexts from the Homeric Hymns

?5?Outline of Chapters



Part1 The Argonautica As Epic Hymn



1 A Diachronic Reading of the Argonautica's Hymnic Frame

?1?The Introit

?2?The Envoi

?3?Rereading the Introit in Light of the Envoi

?4?Conclusion



2 Heroization and Generic Hybridity

?1?The Duality of the Concept of the Hero in Greek Culture

?2?Hero Cult and Immortalization in the Argonautica

?3?The Duality of the Hero and Generic Hybridity

?4?Literary Precedents for Apollonius' Generic Experiment

?5?In the Footsteps of Heracles

?6?Conclusion



Part2 The Apollonian Narrator's Hymnic Voice



3 Narratological Features With Precedent in the Homeric Hymns

?1?The Overt Narrator

?2?The Narrator's Piety

?3?Etiology

?4?Further Hymnic Techniques

?5?Conclusion



4 Hymnic Moments within The Epic

?1?Contagious Hymnody

?2?Other Apostrophes

?3?Hymnic Narratization

?4?Orpheus' Hymn to Apollo: The Thynias Episode (Arg. 2.669-719)

?5?Conclusion



Conclusion

?1?Major Findings and Directions for Future Research

?2?Final Reflections



Appendix: Divine Epithets in the Argonautica

Glossary of Hymnic Terminology

Bibliography

Index
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