The World of Odysseus
The World of Odysseus is a concise and penetrating account of the society that gave birth to the Iliad and the Odysseya book that provides a vivid picture of the Greek Dark Ages, its men and women, works and days, morals and values. Long celebrated as a pathbreaking achievement in the social history of the ancient world, M.I. Finley's brilliant study remains, as classicist Bernard Knox notes in his introduction to this new edition, "as indispensable to the professional as it is accessible to the general reader"a fundamental companion for students of Homer and Homeric Greece.
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The World of Odysseus
The World of Odysseus is a concise and penetrating account of the society that gave birth to the Iliad and the Odysseya book that provides a vivid picture of the Greek Dark Ages, its men and women, works and days, morals and values. Long celebrated as a pathbreaking achievement in the social history of the ancient world, M.I. Finley's brilliant study remains, as classicist Bernard Knox notes in his introduction to this new edition, "as indispensable to the professional as it is accessible to the general reader"a fundamental companion for students of Homer and Homeric Greece.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781590170175 |
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Publisher: | New York Review Books |
Publication date: | 09/30/2002 |
Series: | NYRB Classics Series |
Pages: | 232 |
Sales rank: | 297,721 |
Product dimensions: | 4.97(w) x 7.98(h) x 0.48(d) |
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