Homer: The Odyssey
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This handy guide will introduce students to a text that has been fundamental to literature for nearly 3000 years.
Jasper Griffin was een vooraanstaand wetenschapper op het gebied van de klassieke literatuur aan de Universiteit van Oxford. Zijn academische carrière was diep geworteld in de studie van oude teksten, waarbij hij hun blijvende relevantie en complexe nuances onderzocht. Door zijn werk verlichtte hij het intellectuele erfgoed van de oudheid, waarmee hij een aanzienlijke bijdrage leverde aan het begrip en de waardering van het klassieke denken voor hedendaagse publieken.





This handy guide will introduce students to a text that has been fundamental to literature for nearly 3000 years.
The Iliad' and Odyssey' are not just good stories. Homeric poetry manages to confer significance on the persons and actions, and to interpret the world and human life and death. This book shows how this is done.
Written by a team of distinguished scholars these volumes offer a comprehensive view of the Graeco-Roman world, its history and achievements. With over 250 illustrations and with extensive reference material.
'From reviews of The Oxford History of the Classical World: the book is truly excellent the standard of the contributions is extraordinarily high ' -Observer' this book has no equal and would be difficult to better ' -Books and Bookmen
This book tells the story of the rise of Rome from its origins as a cluster of villages to the foundation of the Roman Empire by Augustus and its consolidation in the first two centuries AD. It also discusses some aspects of the later Empire and its influence on western civilizations, not least through the adoption of Christianity.