5.03.2012

Homer's Trojan Theater

I wish Jenny Strauss Clay's Homer's Trojan Theater had come about earlier in my graduate career, at least before I taught my Greek course on Homer. The argument is as follows:
Critical to our understanding of the Iliad’s action is the realization that its orientation of right and left remains constant throughout and is always seen from the perspective of a narrator situated in the center of the Greek camp facing the Trojan plain. (p.45)
There is a companion website that visualizes this for various passages. I will certainly be using this in future courses I teach as a very useful tool.

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