| The World of Odysseus Contributor(s): Finley, M. I. (Author), Knox, Bernard (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1590170172 ISBN-13: 9781590170175 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: "The World of Odysseus" is a concise and penetrating account of the society that gave birth to the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey"--a book that provides a vivid picture of the Greek Dark Ages, its men and women, works and days, morals and values. Long celebrated as a pathbreaking achievement in the social history of the ancient world, M.I. Finley's brilliant study remains, as classicist Bernard Knox notes in his introduction to this new edition, "as indispensable to the professional as it is accessible to the general reader"--a fundamental companion for students of Homer and Homeric Greece. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - History | Ancient - Greece - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 913.380 |
| LCCN: 2002002882 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.05" W x 8" (0.52 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The World of Odysseus is a concise and penetrating account of the society that gave birth to the Iliad and the Odyssey--a book that provides a vivid picture of the Greek Dark Ages, its men and women, works and days, morals and values. Long celebrated as a pathbreaking achievement in the social history of the ancient world, M.I. Finley's brilliant study remains, as classicist Bernard Knox notes in his introduction to this new edition, "as indispensable to the professional as it is accessible to the general reader"--a fundamental companion for students of Homer and Homeric Greece. |