Travel Guide to Homer, A : On the Trail of Odysseus through Turkey and the Mediterranean

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freely, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freely, John--Travel--Turkey.

Homer--Influence.

Homer--Settings.

Turkey--In literature.

Turkey.

Mediterranean Region--In literature.

Mediterranean Region.

Freely, John.

Freely, John--Travel--Mediterranean Region.

Homer.

Local Subjects:

Freely, John--Travel--Turkey.

Homer--Influence.

Homer--Settings.

Turkey--In literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (524 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : I.B.Tauris, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In October 1945 at the age of 19, John Freely passed the southernmost tip of Crete on his way home from the war in China, just as Odysseus did on his homeward voyage from the battle of Troy. He has been bewitched by Homer and the lands of Homer's epics ever since. As the culmination of a life spent exploring both these lands and the stories by, and connected to, Homer, Freely has created a captivating traveller's guide to Homer's lost world and to his epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, investigating where such places as the Land of the Lotus Eaters are and what it was about the landscapes of G

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Note from the Author; Maps and Plans; 1 The Homeric World; 2 The Catalogues of Ships and Trojans; 3 The Anger of Achilles; 4 Mixed Multitudes and the Great Migration; 5 Troy After the Fall; 6 The Rediscovery of Ancient Troy; 7 Troy and the Troad; 8 The Heroes Return; 9 Leaving Calypso's Isle; 10 Across the Wine-dark Aegean; 11 A World of Wonders; 12 The Witch's Palace; 13 Dialogue with Death; 14 Siren Land; 15 Return to Ithaca; 16 Revenge and Reunion; 17 The Odyssey Continues; Source Notes; Bibliography

Illustrations (Plate Section)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780857734945

0857734946