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Homer Paperback - 2003 - 1st Edition

by Powell, Barry B

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  • Title Homer
  • Author Powell, Barry B
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, Malden, MA
  • Date 2003-10-17
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP95517506
  • ISBN 9780631233862 / 0631233865
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.06 x 6.08 x 0.57 in (23.01 x 15.44 x 1.45 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Library of Congress subjects Trojan War - Literature and the war, Epic poetry, Greek - History and criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003001873
  • Dewey Decimal Code 883.01

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From the rear cover

The earliest and greatest works of Greek literature - the Iliad and the Odyssey - have been attributed since antiquity to the poet Homer. This concise book is an ideal introduction to the poet and his two great epics. Assuming no prior knowledge of Greek, the authorsupplies all the background information necessary to understand the poems.


The book presents an overview of the "Homeric question," considering the authorship, composition, and transmission of the poems. It provides the historical background to the epics, literary readings of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and an analysis of the poet's plotting, narrative technique, and characterization. The author uses comparisons between the two poems to illustrate Homeric poetics.


A final section reviews the important secondary literature on Homer and offers a guide to further reading. Throughout, the author makes use of his own original research, especially on the relations between Greek alphabetic writing and the origins of Greek literature.

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Citations

  • Choice, 04/01/2004, Page 1471
  • Library Journal, 08/01/2003, Page 0

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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