The Iliad' and Odyssey' are not just good stories. Homeric poetry manages to confer significance on the persons and actions, and to interpret the world and human life and death. This book shows how this is done.
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The Iliad' and Odyssey' are not just good stories. Homeric poetry manages to confer significance on the persons and actions, and to interpret the world and human life and death. This book shows how this is done.
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The Iliad' and Odyssey' are not just good stories. Homeric poetry manages to confer significance on the persons and actions, and to interpret the world and human life and death. This book shows how this is done.
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“" Griffin's book provides the intellectual stimuli which are important for my students at the beginning level and which should prove even more thought-provoking for my honors students." -- David J. Bradshaw,Warren Wilson College "A book that anyone who cares about Homer should own...It is clearly one of the best English language studies on the subject"--The Classical Outlook "Griffin has faith in the validity of instinctive responses to the poetry of Homer and demonstrates that an intelligent and sensitive appreciation not only remains possible, but now has become more necessary than ever."--American Journal of Philology”
Griffin's book provides the intellectual stimuli which are important for my students at the beginning level and which should prove even more thought-provoking for my honors students. David J. Bradshaw, Warren Wilson College
About the Author
Jasper Griffin is professor of Classical Literature in the University of Oxford and Fellow of Balliol College.
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