Ancient Epic

By Katherine Callen King

Book Overview

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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405159472
• ISBN13: 9781405159470
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"