Iliad: Book One (Bk.1): Iliad 1 - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0198721862 ISBN 13: 9780198721864

Verlag: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2001

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A rich and detailed guide to Homer for students and non-students alike

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Homer is the name ascribed by the Ancient Greeks to the semi-legendary author of the two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, the central works of Greek literature. Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical antiquity, the most widespread being that he was a blind bard from Ionia, a region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey. The modern scholarly consensus is that these traditions do not have any historical value.The importance of Homer to the ancient Greeks is described in Plato's Republic, where he is referred to as the protos didaskalos, "first teacher", of tragedy, the hegemon paideias, "leader of learning" and the one who ten Hellada pepaideuken, "has taught Greece". Homer's works, which are about fifty percent speeches, provided models in persuasive speaking and writing that were emulated throughout the ancient and medieval Greek worlds. Fragments of Homer account for nearly half of all identifiable Greek literary papyrus finds in Egypt.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0198721862
• ISBN 13: 9780198721864
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 424
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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