Bibliograph

Homer and his Iliad, Robin Lane Fox

Type

Label

Homer and his Iliad, Robin Lane Fox

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Homer and his Iliad

Oclc number

1370003445

Responsibility statement

Robin Lane Fox

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.

Table Of Contents

Part I. Homer and his Illiad : Where? -- Part II. Composing the Iliad : How? -- Part III. Composing the Iliad : When? -- Part IV. Heroic hallmarks -- Part V. Parallel worlds

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