El Homero de Jenófanes
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https://doi.org/10.3989/emerita.1999.v67.i1.186Abstract
This paper aims to study the way in which Xenophanes uses and modifies the Homeric diction in his fragments. Both the Homeric formulas and the expressions used only once in the Iliad and Odyssey are identified in each of the poet's three works. The analysis ends with a synthesis, where the following conclusions are proposed: 1) Xenophanes makes an appreciable use of the Homeric diction; 2) this use varies according to the work; 3) Xenophanes does not merely repeat expressions taken from Homer, but goes so far as to adapt and refashion them according to his goals; 4) we can thus consider Xenophanes to move within the poetic tradition represented by Homer, not withstanding his hostile attitude towards this author.
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