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Homer

Homer

Thorpe, Martin

Paperback

Series: Inside the Ancient World

Miscellaneous LanguagesLiterary CriticismFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 0862922410
ISBN13: 9780862922412
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jun 1 1991
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.18 Width: 4.42 Depth: 7.08
Language: English

This edition of Homer opens with a summary of the events of the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the mythological background to the Trojan War. Subsequent chapters deal with the traditions of oral poetry; the human society of the poems, the ideal of heroic life, and the position of 'lower classes'; the role of gods; and Homer's skill as a poet, both in his characterization and story-telling techniques. A final chapter considers the historical background to the poems and Homer's influence on the Greeks. All sections are based upon passages from the poems - often quoted at length.

This is convenient and serviceable introduction to Homer for beginners: its brief and clearly written sections address most of the areas included in the GCSE Classical Civilisation Homer module, and the text is broken up by appropriate illustrations.

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