Celebrating Homer's landscapes

Troy and Ithaca revisited

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Author

John Victor Luce

Publication

1998 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

65,000 words, Guess

Page Count

260 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL344879M
ISBN-100300074115
OCLC Control Number38764997
Library of Congress Control Number98003859
LibraryThing2251300

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Goodreads444589

Classifications

DDC939/.21
LCCDF221.T8 L83 1998

Description

In this beautiful and engaging book, an eminent authority on Homeric texts takes us on a tour of the main localities that Homer paints so vividly in his Iliad and Odyssey. Providing numerous photographs of the terrain and quoting liberally from the two epics, J. V. Luce argues convincingly that Homer's descriptions of the ancient landscape, far from being poetic fantasies, are accurate in every detail. Luce's book is a significant contribution for specialists and a delightful companion for readers of Homer or visitors to the ancient sites.