Lyre, Bow, Spindle. Homer and the Art of Metaphor. The Odyssey and the Iliad

In the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey", a poetic language is born before our eyes: the bow is likened to the lyre, the loom becomes a tool of narration, and dreams and tears turn out to be as important elements of the plot as battles and wanderings. Homer transforms listeners into co-authors, inviting them to collaboratively complete the pattern of the poem.

"Lyre, Bow, Spindle" — is not an academic study or a retelling of myths. Lyubov Summ — a classic philologist, translator, author of literary studies such as "In Search of Ithaca", "My Horse Falada", "Who Are We to Hecuba?" — invites you on a journey to the roots of poetic language, to the mystery of metaphor. To see firsthand how poetry is born from sound, movement, and suggestion, how seemingly insignificant details suddenly reveal to us the personal stories of the heroes — and our own.