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Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781108481786ISBN-10:1108481787UPC:9781108481786Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient and ClassicalSize:9.80 x 7.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:2.0018Product ID:SC3772BKC3
Achilles Beside Gilgamesh: Mortality and Wisdom in Early Epic Poetry
It is widely recognised that the epics of Homer are closely related to the earlier mythology and literature of the Ancient Near East, above all the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. But how should this influence our response to the meaning and message of either poem? This book responds to this question through an experiment in intertextual reading. It begins by exploring Gilgamesh as a work of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781108481786ISBN-10:1108481787UPC:9781108481786Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient and ClassicalSize:9.80 x 7.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:2.0018Product ID:SC3772BKC3
Clarke, Michael: - Michael Clarke is Established Professor of Classics at the National University of Ireland, Galway. His interests lie in the comparative study of classical and medieval literatures, especially ancient Greek and medieval Irish, and especially in the emergence of the Homeric epic out of the Ancient Near East. He is the author of Flesh and Spirit in the Songs of Homer: A Study of...
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