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An Epic Formula in Herodotus

Scripta Classica Israelica, 2022
This paper examines Herodotus’s use of a formulaic phrase, known from Homer and the drama, by analyzing four test cases. The analysis reveals how Herodotus embeds mythical and traditional stories and the epic language in the relatively new genre of historiography and how the historical narrative is shaped by them.
exaly   +2 more sources

Epic Formulas, Especially in Laʒamon

Pmla, 1923
In Laʒjanion's poem commonly called Brut there is an extraordinary profusion of epic formulas, full of flavor and charm, contributing as much as anything to the marked individuality of the poem. The same or similar phrases are used again and again, as a rule in the same or similar circumstances, or to describe the same person or action.
exaly   +2 more sources

Reply to Dr. Bland: Despite Error in Formula, EPIC Scale Still Precise

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2013
Susan Jaglal, Nancy M Salbach
exaly   +3 more sources

Epic and Formulaic Theory

1995
Abstract Don't mix your genres. Albert Lord, personal communication, August 1983 Must we give reasons for making numerical comparisons in this study of Homeric style? To those who object that a study of style ought not to be a problem in statistics we can reply that the use of figures is our only means of verifying with precision what
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Epic Formulas and Intertextuality in 16th Century Hungarian Epic Songs

This article investigates the use of epic formulas and patterns of intertextuality in 16th-century Hungarian historical songs (históriás ének), a major vernacular poetic genre of early modern Hungary. The study situates these works at the intersection of oral performance traditions and emerging learned, written epic poetry.
Levente Seláf   +3 more
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