Greek and Roman Epic |
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| Author:
| King, Peter |
| Series title: | Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4051-5948-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2009 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Limited
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $42.95 |
Book Description:
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Ancient epics remain a fount of inspiration for poets, dramatists, and musicians not only because they tell good stories in an aesthetically beautiful way, but also because they speak to contemporary hearts and minds still wrestling with timeless issues of human limitation, passion, violence, and uses and abuses of power.
Ancient epics remain a fount of inspiration for poets, dramatists, and musicians not only because they tell good stories in an aesthetically beautiful way, but also because they speak to contemporary hearts and minds still wrestling with timeless issues of human limitation, passion, violence, and uses and abuses of power.