| Description |
xxix, 595 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimile ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"References to the poems [etc.]" (card) inserted. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Homer and his influence / by J.A.K. Thomson -- pt. 1. The Homeric poems and their authorship: A: The poems: Metre / by Sir Maurice Bowra -- Style / by Sir Maurice Bowra -- Composition / by Sir Maurice Bowra -- The language of Homer / by L.R. Palmer -- Homer and other epic poetry / A.B. Lord -- B: Homeric criticism: The transmission of the text / by J.A. Davison -- The Homeric question / by J.A. Davison -- pt. 2. The picture and the record: A: The setting: The physical geography of Greece and the Aegean / by N.G.L. Hammond -- Lands and peoples in Homer / by Helen Thomas -- Aegean languages of the Heroic Age / by A.J. Beattie -- B: The rediscovery of the heroic world: The history of Homeric archaeology / by Alan J.B. Wace -- The early age of Greece / by Alan J.B. Wace -- The principal Homeric sites: Troy / by Carl W. Blegen ; Mycenae / by Alan J.B. Wace ; Ithaca / by Frank H. Stubbings ; Pylos / by Frank H. Stubbings -- C: Social culture: Polity and science: The Homeric picture / by George M. Calhoun ; Historical commentary / by T.B.L. Webster -- Religion / by H.J. Rose -- Burial customs / by George E. Mylonas -- D: Material culture: Houses and palaces / by Alan J.B. Wace -- Dress / by H.P. and Alan J.B. Wace -- Arms and armour / by Frank H. Stubbings -- Food and agriculture / by Frank H. Stubbings -- Crafts and industry / by Frank H. Stubbings -- Communications and trade / by Frank H. Stubbings -- Writing / by Lillian H. Jeffery. |
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Homer -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Civilization, Homeric -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Added Author |
Stubbings, Frank H., editor.
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