{"product_id":"hellenica-volume-i-epic-9780199605019","title":"Hellenica: Volume I: Epic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin West is internationally known as one of the outstanding Classical scholars of our time, and one of the most prolific. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHellenica\u003c\/em\u003e is a three-volume selection of ninety or so of his more notable papers relating to Greek literature and thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis first volume, \u003cem\u003eEpic\u003c\/em\u003e, contains thirty essays, including two previously unpublished. It is devoted to early epic, from its Mycenaean and pre-Mycenaean roots to its later manifestations in the Homeric Hymns and the poetry ascribed to Eumelus of Corinth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are pieces on the myths of Helen and the Trojan War, on the transition from oral to written epic, and on the relationship of the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e to other lost poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpanning forty years of scholarship, the collection as a whole presents a powerful and coherent individual vision of the emergence of heroic epic in the archaic age of\u003cbr\u003eGreece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second and third volumes, to appear at yearly intervals, will contain papers on lyric poets, tragedy, philosophy, music, meter, and other miscellaneous topics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach volume will contain a preface, an index, and a full list of the author's other writings relating to the areas in question.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. L. West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199605019\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin West \u003c\/strong\u003ewas a Fellow and Praelector at University College, Oxford, from 1963 to 1974, then Professor of Greek at Bedford College and Royal Holloway Colleges, London, till 1991, and a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, from 1991 to 2004. He continues to live and work in Oxford.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39934236557427,"sku":"0199605017","price":286.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8bf75c5a-6d08-49b2-9f28-bf8d2d26a314.jpg?v=1647878417","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/hellenica-volume-i-epic-9780199605019","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}