Ancient epic / / Katherine Callen King
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| Autore: |
King, Katherine Callen
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| Titolo: |
Ancient epic / / Katherine Callen King
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| Pubblicazione: | West Sussex, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | Testo elettronico (PDF) (EPUB (220 p.) ; cm |
| Disciplina: | 809.1 |
| 809.1/32 | |
| 938 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Epic poetry - History and criticism |
| Poetry, Ancient - History and criticism | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ancient epic |
| ISBN: | 1-4443-0855-6 |
| 1-118-29345-2 | |
| 1-282-11644-4 | |
| 9786612116445 | |
| 1-4443-0854-8 | |
| Formato: | Risorse elettroniche  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996358750303316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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Serie:
Blackwell introductions to the classical world.