Milman Parry
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Milman Parry was an American scholar of ancient Greek epic whose pioneering oral-formulaic theory revolutionized the study of Homer and the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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| Milman Parry canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
Homeric scholar
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classical philologist ⓘ human ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in classics ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Inglewood Park Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | accidental gunshot wound ⓘ |
| collectionHousedAt | Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conductedFieldworkIn |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Serbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Yugoslavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | understanding of oral composition in performance ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-06-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1935-12-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Sorbonne University
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University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName | Parry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Homeric studies
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ancient Greek literature ⓘ epic poetry ⓘ oral poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Milman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCollection | Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Albert Lord
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Homeric scholarship ⓘ oral tradition studies ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Parry–Lord fieldwork in Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
oral-formulaic theory
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research on the composition of the Iliad ⓘ research on the composition of the Odyssey ⓘ study of Homer ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Ancient Greek
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English ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Albert Lord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
L’épithète traditionnelle dans Homère
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Studies in the Epic Technique of Oral Verse-Making NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
classicist
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philologist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Oakland, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | assistant professor of Greek ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied | South Slavic oral epic tradition ⓘ |
| theoryDescribes |
role of repeated epithets and phrases in Homer
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use of formulas in oral epic poetry ⓘ |
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