The Songs of Homer

by Geoffrey S. Kirk

Book Overview

The literature of the western world begins with one of its greatest achievements. The stories of the wrath of Achilles and its consequences, and of the wanderings of Odysseus, have been admired from ancient times to the present day. The two great epics can be read and enjoyed, unreflectingly, as tales of adventure; or they can be studied as literature, yielding, as insight and understanding grow, a deeper and more permanent pleasure. Professor Kirk's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521619181
• ISBN13: 9780521619189
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"