The Cambridge Companion to Homer

The two Homeric poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, have long been considered masterpieces, and their influence on subsequent Greek and Western literature has been immense. An international team of experts discusses the poems, their background and composition, and subsequent reception to the present day. Each chapter features contemporary critical insights and closes with a guide to further reading on the topic.

Author: Robert Fowler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/14/2004
Pages: 444
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780521012461

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2005 pg. 1583

About the Author
Fowler, Robert: - Robert Fowler is Henry Overton Wills Professor of Greek, University of Bristol. He is the author of The Nature of the Early Greek Lyric (1987). He has also edited Early Greek Mythology, Volume 1 (2001).