Homer

This concise book is an ideal introduction to Homer - the poet and his two great epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.

• Student-friendly introduction to Homer.
  
• Provides historical background and literary readings of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
  
• Makes use of the author's own original research.
  
• Assumes no prior knowledge of Greek.

Author: Barry B. Powell
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 10/17/2003
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.08w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9780631233862

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2004 pg. 1471
Library Journal 08/01/2003

About the Author
Barry B. Powell is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His previous publications include Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet (1991), A Short Introduction to Classical Myth (2001), Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature (2002), and Classical Myth (fourth edition, 2004).

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