Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War: Dialogues on Tradition

by Jan Haywood, Naoise Mac Sweeney, Naoíse Mac Sweeney

Book Overview

In this new volume, Jan Haywood and Nao se Mac Sweeney investigate the position of Homer's Iliad within the wider Trojan War tradition through a series of detailed case studies. From ancient Mesopotamia to twenty-first century America, these examples are drawn from a range of historical and cultural contexts; and from Athenian pot paintings to twelfth-century German scholarship, they engage with a range of different media and genres.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350129410
• ISBN13: 9781350129412
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"