内容简介
ThisconcisebookisacompleteandcontemporaryintroductiontoHomerandhistwomaster-works,theIliadandtheOdyssey.Itexplainsthe“HomericQuestion,”illuminatingitscurrentstatus,andcritiquestheliteraryqualitiesoftheIliadandtheOdyssey,analyzingandcontrastingtheirplotting,narrativetechnique,andcharacterization.ProvideshistoricalbackgroundandliteraryreadingsofTheIliadandTheOdysseyNewtothesecondedition:asectiononHomer’sreceptioninancientGreece;achapteronHomerandarchaeology;additionalmaps;anupdatedbibliography;aglossaryofkeyterms;andinformationontheoralcompositionofthepoemsTextisupdatedthroughoutAssumesnopriorknowledgeofGreek
作者简介
BarryB.PowellisHalls-BascomProfessorofClassicsattheUniversityofWisconsin–Madison.HispreviouspublicationsincludeHomerandtheOriginoftheGreekAlphabet(1991),AShortIntroductiontoClassicalMyth(2001),WritingandtheOriginsofGreekLiterature(2002),ClassicalMyth(fourthedition,2004),andTheGreeks:History,Culture,andSociety(withIanMorris,2005).