King, Katherine Callen
Ancient Epic
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
Keywords: Ancient Epic, Epic, Ancient Literature, Classics, Ancient History, Classic Literature, Ovid, Homer, Iliad, Odyssey, Vergil, Aeneid, Ovid, Metamorphoses, Apollonius of Rhodes, Agonautica, Homeric Epic, Roman Epic, Oral Literature, Folk Literature, Mythology, Oral Literature, Folk Literature, Mythology
- Author(s)
- King, Katherine Callen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2012
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World
- Page amount
- 224 pages
- Category
- Litterary Studies
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118293454
- Printed ISBN
- 9781118255346
