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Thestorides of Phocaea

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80:. This story is unique among the ancient legends concerning Homer as it embodies the claim that writing was known in Homer's circle; all other sources state or imply that Homer's poems were transmitted orally to his followers or descendants. The 88:, where he performed Homer's poems as if they were his own and became famous. Homer heard rumours of this and eventually travelled to Chios also; Thestorides, threatened with disgrace, left the island hastily. 133: 112: 42: 156: 151: 161: 103: 129: 121: 108: 58:
Thestorides offered him food and lodging in exchange for the right to record his poetry in
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Thestorides figures as a major character in the fictional
74:and also an epic on local history and legend, 8: 84:adds that Thestorides afterwards moved to 7: 27:) was a legendary or semi-legendary 14: 31:, one of those to whom the epic 1: 126:The lives of the Greek poets 107:, New York, London: Norton, 178: 50:. According to this, when 46:fraudulently ascribed to 24: 157:Early Greek epic poets 152:Epic poetry collectors 17:Thestorides of Phocaea 128:, London: Duckworth, 104:Rediscovering Homer 122:Lefkowitz, Mary R. 162:Ancient Phocaeans 169: 138: 117: 29:early Greek poet 26: 177: 176: 172: 171: 170: 168: 167: 166: 142: 141: 136: 120: 115: 97: 94: 12: 11: 5: 175: 173: 165: 164: 159: 154: 144: 143: 140: 139: 134: 118: 113: 93: 90: 37:was ascribed. 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 174: 163: 160: 158: 155: 153: 150: 149: 147: 137: 135:0-7156-1590-4 131: 127: 123: 119: 116: 114:0-393-05788-7 110: 106: 105: 100: 99:Dalby, Andrew 96: 95: 91: 89: 87: 83: 79: 78: 73: 72: 67: 66: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 44: 43:Life of Homer 38: 36: 35: 30: 22: 18: 125: 102: 92:Bibliography 81: 75: 69: 63: 41: 39: 34:Little Iliad 32: 16: 15: 146:Categories 25:Θεστορίδης 48:Herodotus 124:(1981), 101:(2006), 54:came to 77:Phocais 71:Odyssey 60:writing 56:Phocaea 132:  111:  68:, the 86:Chios 65:Iliad 52:Homer 21:Greek 130:ISBN 109:ISBN 82:Life 148:: 23:: 19:(

Index

Greek
early Greek poet
Little Iliad
Life of Homer
Herodotus
Homer
Phocaea
writing
Iliad
Odyssey
Phocais
Chios
Dalby, Andrew
Rediscovering Homer
ISBN
0-393-05788-7
Lefkowitz, Mary R.
ISBN
0-7156-1590-4
Categories
Epic poetry collectors
Early Greek epic poets
Ancient Phocaeans

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