Homer: The Iliad

by Michael Silk

Book Overview

Michael Silk covers the poem's historical context, composition and extensive influence in this distinctive critical introduction to Homer's Iliad, the earliest epic poem, and the earliest known work of literature in ancient Greece. Silk relates its literary power to the peculiar coherence and inter-relation of such aspects of the poem as its style, character-portrayal and ideology. This revised edition considers recent scholarship and includes an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052153996X
• ISBN13: 9780521539968
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 7.8"