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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118255348
• ISBN13: 9781118255346
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"