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Homer and his Iliad / Robin Lane Fox.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lane Fox, Robin, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homer. Iliad.
- Homer.
- Homer--Technique.
- Trojan War.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 442 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First US edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2023.
- Summary:
- Robin Lane Fox addresses these questions, drawing on a lifelong love and engagement with the poem. He argues for a place, a date, and a method for its composition--subjects of ongoing controversy--combining the detailed expertise of a historian with a poetic reader's sensitivity. Lane Fox considers hallmarks of the poem; its values, implicit and explicit; its characters; its women; its gods; and even its horses.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781541600447
- 1541600444
- OCLC:
- 1370003445
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