Ancient Epic |
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| Author:
| King, Katherine Callen |
| Series title: | Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-282-11644-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2009 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Limited
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $94.95 |
Book Description:
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"Ancient Epic" offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to six of the greatest ancient epics - Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey," Vergil's "Aeneid," Ovid's "Metamorphoses," and Apollonius of Rhodes' "Agonautica."Provides an accessible introduction to the ancient epicOffers interpretive analyses of poems within a comprehensive historical contextIncludes a detailed timeline, suggestions for further readings, and an appendix of the Olympian gods and their Akkadian counterparts
"Ancient Epic" offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to six of the greatest ancient epics - Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey," Vergil's "Aeneid," Ovid's "Metamorphoses," and Apollonius of Rhodes' "Agonautica."Provides an accessible introduction to the ancient epicOffers interpretive analyses of poems within a comprehensive historical contextIncludes a detailed timeline, suggestions for further readings, and an appendix of the Olympian gods and their Akkadian counterparts