Wiley.com
Print this page Share

A Companion to Ancient Epic

John Miles Foley (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-0524-8
Hardcover
692 pages
September 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
List Price: US $249.50
Government Price: US $172.12
Enter Quantity:   Buy
A Companion to Ancient Epic (1405105240) cover image
This is a Print-on-Demand title. It will be printed specifically to fill your order. Please allow an additional 10-15 days delivery time. The book is not returnable.
Other Available Formats: Paperback

  • A Companion to the Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman epic traditions
  • Considers the interrelations between these different traditions
  • Provides a balanced overview of longstanding ideas and newer perspectives in the study of ancient epic
  • Shows how scholarship over the last forty years has transformed the ways that we conceive of and understand the epic genre
  • Covers recently introduced topics, such as the role of women, the history of reception, and comparison with living analogues from oral tradition
  • The editor and contributors are leading scholars in the field
  • Includes a detailed index of poems, poets, technical terms, and important figures and events

Related Titles

More From This Series

A Companion to Greek Mythology
by Ken Dowden (Editor), Niall Livingstone (Editor)
A Companion to the Punic Wars
by Dexter Hoyos (Editor)
A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds
by Beryl Rawson (Editor)
A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography
by John Marincola (Editor)
A Companion to Ancient Macedonia
by Joseph Roisman (Editor), Ian Worthington (Editor)

Ancient & Classical Literature

Retrieving the Ancients: An Introduction to Greek Philosophy
Gladiator: Film and History
by Martin M. Winkler (Editor)
The Blackwell Guide to Plato's Republic
by Gerasimos Santas (Editor)
Rhetoric: An Historical Introduction
by Wendy Olmsted
A Companion to Satire: Ancient and Modern
by Ruben Quintero (Editor)
Back to Top