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Homer 2e Paperback - 2007 - 2nd Edition
by Powell, Barry B
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- Title Homer 2e
- Author Powell, Barry B
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 2nd
- Edition 2
- Condition New
- Pages 258
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Blackwell Pub
- Date 2007
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # __1405153253
- ISBN 9781405153256 / 1405153253
- Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 8.99 x 6.4 x 0.56 in (22.83 x 16.26 x 1.42 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Library of Congress subjects Trojan War - Literature and the war, Epic poetry, Greek - History and criticism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006025009
- Dewey Decimal Code 883.01
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First line
Philologists are "lovers of language" and everything about language interests them, but not language as a universally human faculty - linguists do that.
From the rear cover
This concise book is a complete and contemporary introduction to Homer and his two master works, the Iliad and the Odyssey. It explains the "Homeric Question," illuminating its current status, and critiques the literary qualities of the Iliad and the Odyssey, analyzing and contrasting their plotting, narrative technique, and characterization.
Updated throughout, this second edition includes a new section on Homer's reception in ancient Greece; a new chapter on Homer and archaeology; additional maps; an updated bibliography; a glossary of names and key terms; and new information on the oral composition of the poems.
Assuming no prior knowledge of Greek, the author supplies all the background information necessary to understand the poems, making this an ideal resource for those coming to the field for the first time.