Katherine Callen King, "Ancient Epic"
English | ISBN: 1405159472 | 2009 | 218 pages | AZW3 | 473 KB
English | ISBN: 1405159472 | 2009 | 218 pages | AZW3 | 473 KB
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