Character, narrator, and simile in the Iliad / Jonathan L. Ready.
"Jonathan L. Ready offers the first comprehensive examination of Homer's similes in the Iliad as arenas of heroic competition. This study concentrates primarily on similes spoken by Homeric characters. The first to offer a sustained exploration of such similes, Ready shows how characters are made to...
Main Author: | Ready, Jonathan L., 1976- |
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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Physical Description: | ix, 323 pages ; 24 cm |
Format: | Book |