The tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the epic cycle
Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the history and legends of the Trojan War, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of the Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age.
Includes bibliographical references (p. -277) and index. Electronic reproduction.Boulder, Colo. :NetLibrary,2003.Available via World Wide Web.Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.Excludes some or all of the images which were part of the original book.
- LCC: PA4037
- Dewey Decimal: 883/.01
- Language: eng
- Physical Description: xvi, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Edition Info: (electronic bk.)
- Homer -- Knowledge -- Troy (Extinct city)
- Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism
- Trojan War -- Literature and the war
- Troy (Extinct city) -- In literature
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Literature and history -- Greece
- Lost literature -- Greece
- Cycles (Literature)
- Homer -- Influence
- Hom�re -- Et Troie (Ville ancienne)
- Hom�re -- Influence
- Po�sie �pique grecque -- Histoire et critique
- Guerre de Troie -- Litt�rature et guerre
- Influence litt�raire, artistique, etc
- Litt�rature et histoire -- Gr�ce
- �uvres perdues (Litt�rature) -- Gr�ce
- Cycles (Litt�rature)
- Troie (Ville ancienne) dans la litt�rature
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