Wonder and the marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic world /

"The Greeks are already engaged with the marvellous from the very beginning of their literary tradition. Homer presents a world full of visual marvels linked to the divine, from the Shield of Achilles to epiphanic appearances of the gods themselves before mortals. Already in the Homeric poems,...

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Main Author:	Lightfoot, Jessica, 1991- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Cambridge University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Series:	Cambridge classical studies.
Subjects:	Homer > Criticism and interpretation. Homer Greek literature > History and criticism. Marvelous, The, in literature. Littérature grecque > Histoire et critique. Merveilleux dans la littérature. HISTORY / Ancient / General. Greek literature Marvelous, The, in literature Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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