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Ancient Epic

By King , Katherine Callen

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN
9781405159470, 9781118255346, 9781118293454, 1118255348
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
406 kB (415467 bytes)
Series
Blackwell introductions to the classical world
Edition
Pbk. ed
Pages
ix, 206 pages : 1 map ; 23 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

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 Chronologies viii Map x Introduction 1 1 The Epic of Gilgamesh 14 2 The Context of Homeric Epic 33 3 The Iliad 52 4 The Odyssey 81 5 The Argonautika of Apollonios of Rhodes 106 6 The Context of Roman Epic 125 7 The Aeneid of Virgil 143 8 The Metamorphoses of Ovid 172 Appendix: Chart of Olympian Gods and their Akkadian Counterparts 189 Glossary of Greek and Latin terms 192 Index 193

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