Ancient Epic

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-25534-6
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 229 mm x 154 mm, Gewicht: 279 g

Reihe: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

King, Katherine Callen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Lateinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literaturen des Alten Orients
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Katherine Callen King is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles.