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Oxford Readings in Homer's Iliad (Oxford Readings in Philosophy) [Hardcover]

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ISBN-10: 0198721838 | ISBN-13: 978-0198721833 | Publication Date: March 28, 2002

This anthology makes accessible to the reader sixteen of the most important studies of Homer and the Iliad to appear in the last forty years. The essays, by leading Homeric scholars from Great Britain, the United States, and Europe, deal not only with the aesthetics and artistry of the Iliad as a poetic artefact, but with its historical context, its cultural background, and its ethical and political framework.

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Hardcover: 520 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (March 28, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0198721838
ISBN-13: 978-0198721833
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Works and Days (Oxford University Press academic monograph reprints) by Hesiod on 11 pages
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