Ancient Epic offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to six of thegreatest 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 epicOffers interpretive analyses of poems within a comprehensive historical contextIncludes a detailed timeline, suggestions for further readings, and an appendix of the Olympian gods and their Akkadian counterparts INDICE: Chronologies viiiMap xIntroduction 11 The Epic of Gilgamesh 142 The Context of Homeric Epic 333 The Iliad 524 The Odyssey 815 The Argonautika ofApollonios of Rhodes 1066 The Context of Roman Epic 1257 The Aeneid of Virgil1438 The Metamorphoses of Ovid 172Appendix: Chart of Olympian Gods and their Akkadian Counterparts 189Glossary of Greek and Latin terms 192Index 193
- ISBN: 978-1-118-25534-6
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 218
- Fecha Publicación: 09/02/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés