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
Tabela de Conteúdo
Chronologies viii
Map x
Introduction 1
1 The Epic of Gilgamesh 14
2 The Context of Homeric Epic 33
3 The Iliad 52
4 The Odyssey 81
5 The Argonautika of Apollonios of Rhodes 106
6 The Context of Roman Epic 125
7 The Aeneid of Virgil 143
8 The Metamorphoses of Ovid 172
Appendix: Chart of Olympian Gods and their Akkadian Counterparts 189
Glossary of Greek and Latin terms 192
Index 193
Sobre o autor
Katherine Callen King is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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