Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Minna S. Jensen. "A Note on Homer's Use of the Word kranaós." Classica et Mediaevalie, 33:5-8.

Sees the Homeric use of kranaós ("rocky, rugged") in connection with Ithaca as evidence of the Pisistratean recension of Homer: "by applying the adjective proper to Athens to precisely Ithaca [an expert Homerid] established allusive connections between the home country of the clever hero of the Trojan return story and that of the clever hero of the contemporary Athenian return story."
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