Ancient EpicISBN: 978-1-4051-5947-0
Hardcover
224 pages
April 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Provides an accessible introduction to the ancient epic
- Discusses six major epics across the Homeric and Roman
traditions: The Epic of Gilgamesh, Homer's Iliad and
Odyssey, Vergil's Aeneid, Ovid's
Metamorphoses, and Apollonius of Rhodes's
Agonautica
- 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
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