Ancient Epic (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World)
Ancient Epic (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World)
by Katherine Callen King
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1118255348 | 224 Pages | True AZW3 | 0.47 MB
by Katherine Callen King
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1118255348 | 224 Pages | True AZW3 | 0.47 MB
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