Homer the Classic |
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| Author:
| Nagy, Gregory |
| Series title: | Hellenic Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-03326-9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $70.95 |
Book Description:
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This book is about the reception of Homeric poetry from the fifth through the first century BCE. The aim of this book, which centers on ancient concepts of Homer as the author of a body of poetry that we know as the Iliad and the Odyssey, is to show how Homer's work became a classic in the days of the Athenian empire and later.
This book is about the reception of Homeric poetry from the fifth through the first century BCE. The aim of this book, which centers on ancient concepts of Homer as the author of a body of poetry that we know as the Iliad and the Odyssey, is to show how Homer's work became a classic in the days of the Athenian empire and later.