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Ancient Epic
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Artikel-Nr:
9781444308556
Veröffentl:
2009
Einband:
E-Book
Seiten:
224
Autor:
Katherine Callen King
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
Reflowable E-Book
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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
Ancient Epic offers a comprehensive and accessibleintroduction to six of the greatest ancient epics - Homer'sIliad and Odyssey, Vergil's Aeneid, Ovid'sMetamorphoses, and Apollonius of Rhodes' Agonautica.* Provides an accessible introduction to the ancient epic* Offers interpretive analyses of poems within a comprehensivehistorical context* Includes a detailed timeline, suggestions for further readingsand an appendix of the Olympian gods and their Akkadiancounterparts
Chronologies viiiMap xIntroduction 11 The Epic of Gilgamesh 142 The Context of Homeric Epic 333 The Iliad 524 The Odyssey 815 The Argonautika of Apollonios of Rhodes 1066 The Context of Roman Epic 1257 The Aeneid of Virgil 1438 The Metamorphoses of Ovid 172Appendix: Chart of Olympian Gods and their Akkadian Counterparts 189Glossary of Greek and Latin terms 192Index 193