TY - GEN AB - The gods of the Iliad have long troubled readers, with many features of their presentation defying satisfactory explanation. This volume presents a new 'metaperformative' approach to the poem's scenes of divine viewing, arguing that the poet uses the gods to model and thereby manipulate the ongoing dynamics of performance and live reception. AU - Myers, Tobias, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - PA4037 ET - First edition. ID - 892388 KW - Gods, Greek, in literature. KW - Drama LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198842354.001.0001 N1 - This edition also issued in print: 2019. N2 - The gods of the Iliad have long troubled readers, with many features of their presentation defying satisfactory explanation. This volume presents a new 'metaperformative' approach to the poem's scenes of divine viewing, arguing that the poet uses the gods to model and thereby manipulate the ongoing dynamics of performance and live reception. SN - 9780191878350 T1 - Homer's divine audience :the Iliad's reception on Mount Olympus / TI - Homer's divine audience :the Iliad's reception on Mount Olympus / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198842354.001.0001 ER -