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Record Nr.

UNISA996358750303316

Autore

King, Katherine Callen

Titolo

Ancient epic / / Katherine Callen King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Sussex, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2012

ISBN

1-4443-0855-6

1-118-29345-2

1-282-11644-4

9786612116445

1-4443-0854-8

Descrizione fisica

Testo elettronico (PDF) (EPUB (220 p.) ; cm

Collana

Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World

Disciplina

809.1

809.1/32

938

Soggetti

Epic poetry - History and criticism

Poetry, Ancient - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Risorsa elettronica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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