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Thorpe, Martin

Homer [ Inside the ancient world series]

Macmillan, 1973

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Year of publication
1973
ISBN
0333147448
Place of printing
London
Author
Thorpe, Martin
Publishers
Macmillan
Edition
1st UK Edition
Keyword
ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE HOMER
Binding description
S
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Very Good
Binding
Softcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

" A short summary of the events of the Iliad and the Odyssey and the mythological background to the Trojan War. Subsequent chapters deal with the tradition of oral poetry in which Homer worked . the human society of the poems, the ideal of heroic life, and the position of the lower classes. the role of the gods and the attitude of mortals to them . Homer's skill as a poet. 80p. illus .index.