The Daily Life of the Greek Gods

by Marcel Detienne and Guilia Sissa

Despite the rousing stories of male heroism in battles, the Trojan War transcended the activities of its human participants. For Homer, it was the gods who conducted and accounted for what happened. In the first part of this book, the authors find in Homer's Iliad material for exploring the everyday life of the Greek gods: what their bodies were made of and how they were nourished, the organization of their society, and the sort of life...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804736138
• ISBN13: 9780804736138
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"