Master Narrator

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Iliad 1.001-012

Gregory Nagy

... s mēnis ‘anger’, I.01.001, and it refers to the anger of Achilles. A definitive book on this word is Muellner 1996. The Master Narrator begins his narration by focusing on this anger: he c ... Continue reading

Iliad 1.244

Gregory Nagy

The insulting of Achilles by Agamemnon takes on a special meaning in the Iliad because the Master Narrator recognizes Achilles as the ‘best of the Achaeans’. The insulting of Achilles by Agamemnon takes on a special meaning in the Iliad because the ... Continue reading

Odyssey 1.001-010

Gregory Nagy

... e case of anēr ‘man’ here marks this noun as the grammatical object of the verb ennepein ‘narrate, tell’, O.01.001. The Master Narrator is addressing a goddess who is the Muse of the Odyss ... Continue reading