RIVERS OF FIRE
Mythic Themes in Homer's Iliad
This book explores the different generations of heroes in early Greek myth and Homer's vision of war through four important symbolic themes- Monsters, Horses, Archers, and Fire. In the Greek mythical tradition there are 'early' heroes like Perseus and Heracles and Bellerophon, who all make a name for themselves by confronting terrifying monsters (like Medusa and Cerberus and the Chimaera). And then there are 'later' heroes, some of whom acquire their renown in the war at Troy (people like Achilles and Ajax and Agamemnon). The central focus of this book is the way that Homer's great epic poem the Iliad deals with these d…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: MacKie, C. J.
- ISBN: 978-0-9800814-2-8
- EAN: 9780980081428
- Produktnummer: 3577737
- Verlag: New Academia Publishing, LLC
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.6 cm 404 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 404
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