UID:
almafu_9959327523402883
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 206 pages) :
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illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9781444308556
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1444308556
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9781118293454
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1118293452
Series Statement:
Blackwell introductions to the classical world
Content:
This work 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. It provides an accessible introduction to the ancient epic, offers interpretive analyses of poems within a comprehensive historical context, and includes a detailed timeline, suggestions for further readings, and an appendix of the Olympian gods and their Akkadian counterparts.
Note:
The epic of Gilgamesh -- The context of Homeric epic -- The Iliad -- The Odyssey -- The Argonautika of Apollonios of Rhodes -- The context of Roman epic -- The Aeneid of Virgil -- The Metamorphoses of Ovid.
Additional Edition:
Print version: King, Katherine Callen. Ancient epic. Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, 2009 ISBN 9781405159470
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
DOI:
10.1002/9781444308549
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444308549
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444308549
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444308549
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