Nancy Worman Bücher

Investigates the development and evolution of ideas about style in archaic and classical literature through a study of representations of Odysseus and Helen. This book demonstrates that, as liars and imitators, pleasing storytellers, and adept users of costume, these two figures are especially skillful manipulators of style.

Explores a previously uncharted area of ancient literary theory and criticism by examining how metaphors of place and spaces of metaphor shape discussions of literary style in Greece and beyond. Figurative imagery highlighting details of significant landscapes provide writers with a vivid and influential vocabulary for distinguishing among styles.