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The tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the epic cycle /

Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the history and legends of the Trojan War, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of the Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burgess, Jonathan S., 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Homer > Knowledge > Troy (Extinct city)
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Trojan War > Literature and the war.
Troy (Extinct city) > In literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature and history > Greece.
Lost literature > Greece.
Cycles (Literature)
Homer > Influence.
Homer > Criticism and interpretation.
Description
Summary:Burgess challenges Homer's authority on the history and legends of the Trojan War, placing the Iliad and Odyssey in the larger, often overlooked context of the entire body of the Greek epic poetry of the Archaic Age.
Physical Description:xvi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-277) and index.
ISBN:0801866529 (hardcover)