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Homer the Classic
Language: en
Pages: 656
Authors: Gregory Nagy
Categories: Epic poetry, Greek
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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This book is about the reception of Homeric poetry from the fifth through the first century BCE. The aim of this book, which centers on ancient concepts of Home
Homer the Preclassic
Language: en
Pages: 432
Authors: Gregory Nagy
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-24 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Homer the Preclassic considers the development of the Homeric poems-in particular the Iliad and Odyssey-during the time when they were still part of the oral tr
A History of the Crusades
Language: en
Pages: 412
Authors: Steven Runciman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987-12-03 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Sir Steven Runciman explores the First Crusade and the foundation of the kingdom of Jerusalem.
The Odyssey Of Homer
Language: en
Pages: 268
Authors: Andrew Lang
Categories: Poetry
Type: BOOK - Published: 1924 - Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag

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This book contains one of the most famous literary works in history, "The Odyssey" rendered into beautiful English prose. There can be, however, it appears, no
Plato's Rhapsody and Homer's Music
Language: en
Pages: 144
Authors: Gregory Nagy
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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This book examines the overall testimony of Plato as an expert about the cultural legacy of these Homeric performances. Plato's fine ear for language--in this c