The tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the epic cycle / Jonathan S. Burgess.

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Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the history and legends of the Trojan War, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of the Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burgess, Jonathan S., 1960-
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Homer > Knowledge and learning.
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Trojan War > Literature and the war.
Troy (Extinct city) > In literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature and history > Greece.
Lost literature > Greece.
Cycles (Literature)
Homer > Influence.
Homer > Criticism and interpretation.
Physical Description:xvi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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