Biography, Literature and Literary Studies, History and Criticism
Ancient Epic

Ancient Epic

Katherine Callen King (author)
Product available on: 02/04/2009
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Synopsis

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 epic Offers interpretive analyses of poems within a comprehensive historical context Includes a detailed timeline, suggestions for further readings, and an appendix of the Olympian gods and their Akkadian counterparts

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Wiley Blackwell
  • ISBN: 9781444308549
  • Number of pages: 224
  • Dimensions: 238 x 164 x 22 mm
  • Weight: 476g
  • Languages: English