Ancient epic /
King, Katherine Callen.
Ancient epic / Katherine Callen King. - 1 online resource (ix, 206 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Blackwell introductions to the classical world . - Blackwell introductions to the classical world. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
This work 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. It provides an accessible introduction to the ancient epic, offers interpretive analyses of poems within a comprehensive historical context, and includes a detailed timeline, suggestions for further readings, and an appendix of the Olympian gods and their Akkadian counterparts.
9781444308556 1444308556 9781444308549 1444308548 9781405159470 1405159472
9786612116445 10.1002/9781444308549 doi
10.1002/9781444308549 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
Epic poetry--History and criticism.
Poetry, Ancient--History and criticism.
Heroes in literature.
Epic poetry.
Heroes in literature.
Poetry, Ancient.
TRAVEL--Special Interest--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
Epic poetry.
Heroes in literature.
Poetry, Ancient.
Epos.
Griechisch.
Latein.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PN1307 / .K56 2009eb
809.1/32
Ancient epic / Katherine Callen King. - 1 online resource (ix, 206 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Blackwell introductions to the classical world . - Blackwell introductions to the classical world. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
This work 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. It provides an accessible introduction to the ancient epic, offers interpretive analyses of poems within a comprehensive historical context, and includes a detailed timeline, suggestions for further readings, and an appendix of the Olympian gods and their Akkadian counterparts.
9781444308556 1444308556 9781444308549 1444308548 9781405159470 1405159472
9786612116445 10.1002/9781444308549 doi
10.1002/9781444308549 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
Epic poetry--History and criticism.
Poetry, Ancient--History and criticism.
Heroes in literature.
Epic poetry.
Heroes in literature.
Poetry, Ancient.
TRAVEL--Special Interest--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
Epic poetry.
Heroes in literature.
Poetry, Ancient.
Epos.
Griechisch.
Latein.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PN1307 / .K56 2009eb
809.1/32