Homer

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-631-23386-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons

Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 293 g

This concise book is an ideal introduction to Homer – the poet and his two great epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.

- Student-friendly introduction to Homer.

- Provides historical background and literary readings of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

- Makes use of the author’s own original research.

- Assumes no prior knowledge of Greek.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Powell, Barry B.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Chronological Chart.

Maps.

Introduction.

Part I: Background:.

1. The Philologist’s Homer.

2. The Historian’s Homer.

3. The Reader’s Homer.

Part II: The Poems:.

4. The Iliad.

5. The Odyssey.

6. Conclusion and Summary.

Notes.

Further Reading.

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Barry B. Powell is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His previous publications include Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet (1991), A Short Introduction to Classical Myth (2001), Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature (2002), and Classical Myth (fourth edition, 2004).