TY  - BOOK
AU  - King,Katherine Callen
TI  - Ancient epic
T2  - Blackwell introductions to the classical world
SN  - 9781444308556
AV  - PN1307 .K56 2009eb
U1  - 809.1/32 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Chichester, U.K., Malden, MA
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
KW  - Epic poetry
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Poetry, Ancient
KW  - Heroes in literature
KW  - TRAVEL
KW  - Special Interest
KW  - Literary
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Epos
KW  - swd
KW  - Griechisch
KW  - Latein
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444308549
ER  -