Ancient Epic

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

Author: Katherine Callen King
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 04/27/2009
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781405159470

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2010

About the Author
Katherine Callen King is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles.