Ancient Epic

Katherine Callen King

• 13 februari 2012
• 9781118293454

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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.bulletlistbulletProvides an accessible introduction to the ancient epicbulletOffers interpretive analyses of poems within a comprehensive historical contextbulletIncludes a detailed timeline, suggestions for further readings, and an appendix of the Olympian gods and their Akkadian counterparts/bulletlist