Homer: The Iliad
The Iliad (Landmarks of World Literature (New))
M. S. Silk
ISBN: | 9780511162299 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Published: | 1 January, 2004 |
Format: | eBook - PDF |
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Homer: The Iliad
The Iliad (Landmarks of World Literature (New))
M. S. Silk
This volume is a distinctive critical introduction to Homer's Iliad, the earliest epic poem, and the earliest known work of literature in ancient Greece. Michael Silk deals with the poem's historical context, its composition and its extensive influence, and relates its literary power to the peculiar coherence and inter-relation of such aspects of the poem as its style, character-portrayal and ideology. Through use of quotation from the original and accompanying English translation, close attenti
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