Description: The once influential theory Neoanalysis held that motifs and episodes in the Iliad derive from the Aethiopis. Given its vast potential implications for the Iliad's origins, the recent revival of Neoanalysis in subtler form inspires this critical reappraisal by Malcolm Davies of that theory's more sophisticated reincarnation.
Brief description: Malcolm Davies is an Emeritus Research Fellow in Classics at St John's College, University of Oxford.