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The raft of Odysseus : the ethnographic imagination of Homer's Odyssey / Carol Dougherty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dougherty, Carol, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homer Odyssey.
- Homer--Knowledge--Ethnology.
- Homer--Knowledge--Geography.
- Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism.
- Epic poetry, Greek.
- Odysseus (Greek mythology) in literature.
- Trojan War--Literature and the war.
- Trojan War.
- Geography, Ancient, in literature.
- Ethnic groups in literature.
- Ocean travel in literature.
- Ethnology in literature.
- Commerce in literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Homer Odyssey.
- Homer--Knowledge--Ethnology.
- Homer--Knowledge--Geography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Raft of Odysseus offers an interpretation of Homer's Odyssey rooted in the issues of overseas travel, trade and settlement that dominated the early archaic period in Greece.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: The Ethnographic Imagination of Homer's Odyssey; I. Setting Sail; II. Phaeacia, Gateway to the Ethnographic Imagination; III. Home at Last; Conclusion: From Raft to Bed; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770503-0
- 1-280-83308-4
- 0-19-535145-2
- OCLC:
- 320958320
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