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The Textualization of Homeric Epic by Means of Dictation
- TAPA
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 145, Number 1, Spring 2015
- pp. 1-75
- 10.1353/apa.2015.0005
- Article
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summary:
The textualized versions of Homeric epic that stemmed from a process of dictation should be understood as co-creations of the poet, scribe, and collector. The evidence provided by numerous modern-day instances of the textualization of an oral traditional work supports this inference.