Homeric Truth
| dc.contributor.author | Ostheller, Molly | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-14T20:40:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-01-14T20:40:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-03-13 | |
| dc.description | Greek 490B: Honors Thesis; Honorable Mention, 2013 Library Research Award for Undergraduates, Senior/Honors Thesis Division | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The diction of truth in Homer reveals a conceptual system that distinguishes between the verifiable truth of everyday life (et- words), the certain future truth of prophets and gods (nemertes), the undistorted communication of truth (atrekeos), and a form of truth contingent upon the reciprocal negotiation of truth between speaker and audience (aletheia). In Homeric usage, aletheia is a way of speaking: an honest, authoritative and credible performance of memory. It is the criterion of truth for composition-in-performance. By the 5th century BCE, however, aletheia became objectified and absorbed the nuances of the other Homeric terms. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1773/24420 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.title | Homeric Truth | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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