Flesh and Spirit in the Songs of Homer: A Study of Words and Myths

Michael J. Clarke

Clarendon Press, 1999 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 378 pages

This book offers a newly integrated interpretation of Homeric man. The author starts with the working hypothesis that, in this poetry, the human being is not divided into two parts - inner and outer; body and soul; flesh and spirit - but stands as an indivisible unity. The last part of this analysis leads to a reassessment of the Homeric psuche.

About the author

Michael Clarke is a Lecturer at the Department of Ancient Classics, National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Flesh and Spirit in the Songs of Homer: A Study of Words and Myths; Oxford classical monographs
• Author: Michael J. Clarke
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1999
• ISBN: 0198152639, 9780198152637
• Length: 378 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics; Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical