[PDF] Homers Iliad And The Trojan War eBook

Author : Caroline Alexander
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 37,47 MB
Release : 2009-10-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1101148853

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"Spectacular and constantly surprising." -Ken Burns Written with the authority of a scholar and the vigor of a bestselling narrative historian, The War That Killed Achilles is a superb and utterly timely presentation of one of the timeless stories of Western civilization. As she did in The Endurance and The Bounty, New York Times bestselling author Caroline Alexander has taken apart a narrative we think we know and put it back together in a way that lets us see its true power. In the process, she reveals the intended theme of Homer's masterwork-the tragic lessons of war and its enduring devastation.

Author : Homer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 10,28 MB
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1107067774

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Presents an edition of this outstanding book containing a clear and readable introduction, concise notes on the text and strong literary appreciation.

Author : Jan Parker
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 13,26 MB
Release : 2021-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1526779943

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The Iliad dealing with the final stages of the Trojan War and The Odyssey with return and aftermath were central to the Classical Greeks' self identity and world view. Epic poems attributed to Homer, they underpinned ideas about heroism, masculinity and identity; about glory, sacrifice and the pity of war; about what makes life worth living. From Achilles, Patroclus and Agamemnon in the Greek camp, Hektor, Paris and Helen in Troy's citadel, the drama of the battlefield and the gods looking on, to Odysseus' adventures and vengeful return - Jan Parker here offers the ideal companion to exploring key events, characters and major themes. A book-by-book synopsis and commentary discuss the heroes' relationships, values and psychology and the narratives' shimmering presentation of war, its victims and the challenges of return and reintegration. Essays set the epics in their historical context and trace the key terms; the 'Journey Home from War' continues with 'Afterstories' of both heroes and their women. Whether you've always wanted to go deeper into these extraordinary works or are coming to them for the first time, The Iliad and the Odyssey: The Trojan War, Tragedy and Aftermath will help you understand and enjoy Homer's monumentally important work.

Author : Jan Haywood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 36,73 MB
Release : 2018-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1350012696

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In this new volume, Jan Haywood and Naoíse Mac Sweeney investigate the position of Homer's Iliad within the wider Trojan War tradition through a series of detailed case studies. From ancient Mesopotamia to twenty-first century America, these examples are drawn from a range of historical and cultural contexts; and from Athenian pot paintings to twelfth-century German scholarship, they engage with a range of different media and genres. Inspired by the dialogues inherent in the process of reception, the book adopts a dialogic structure. In each chapter, paired essays by Haywood and Mac Sweeney offer contrasting authorial voices addressing a single theme, thereby drawing out connections and dissonances between a diverse suite of classical and post-classical Iliadic receptions. The resulting book offers new insights, both into individual instances of Iliadic reception in particular historical contexts, but also into the workings of a complex story tradition. The centrality of the Iliad within the wider Trojan War tradition is shown to be a function of conscious engagement not only with Iliadic content, but also with Iliadic status and the iconic idea of the Homeric.

Author : Homer
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 50,85 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472116171

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A new translation of Homer's classic follows Merrill's successful earlier version of the "Odyssey" in capturing the feel of the original Greek

Author : Jonathan S. Burgess
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 33,16 MB
Release : 2003-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0801874815

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Although the Iliad and Odyssey narrate only relatively small portions of the Trojan War and its aftermath, for centuries these works have overshadowed other, more comprehensive narratives of the conflict, particularly the poems known as the Epic Cycle. In The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle, Jonathan Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the war's history and the legends surrounding it, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age. He traces the development and transmission of the Cyclic poems in ancient Greek culture, comparing them to later Homeric poems and finding that they were far more influential than has previously been thought.

Author : Homer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 31,29 MB
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521286206

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The twenty-fourth book of the Iliad is one of the masterpieces of world literature.

Author : Homer
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 29,20 MB
Release : 2018-10-24
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ISBN : 9780344150708

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