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Wace, A. J. B. (Alan John Bayard), 1879-1957.
Companion to Homer.
London, Macmillan; New York, St. Martin's Press, 1962
(OCoLC)582707019
Named Person: Homer; Homère
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: A J B Wace; Frank H Stubbings
OCLC Number: 260023
Notes: "References to the poems [etc.]" (card) inserted.
Description: xxix, 595 p. illus., maps, facsims. 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction: Homer and his influence / by J.A.K. Thomson --
pt. 1. The Homeric poems and their authorship: A: The poems: Metre / by Sir Maurice Bowra --
Style / by Sir Maurice Bowra --
Composition / by Sir Maurice Bowra --
The language of Homer / by L.R. Palmer --
Homer and other epic poetry / A.B. Lord --
B: Homeric criticism: The transmission of the text / by J.A. Davison --
The Homeric question / by J.A. Davison --
pt. 2. The picture and the record: A: The setting: The physical geography of Greece and the Aegean / by N.G.L. Hammond --
Lands and peoples in Homer / by Helen Thomas --
Aegean languages of the Heroic Age / by A.J. Beattie --
B: The rediscovery of the heroic world: The history of Homeric archaeology / by Alan J.B. Wace --
The early age of Greece / by Alan J.B. Wace --
The principal Homeric sites: Troy / by Carl W. Blegen ; Mycenae / by Alan J.B. Wace ; Ithaca / by Frank H. Stubbings ; Pylos / by Frank H. Stubbings --
C: Social culture: Polity and science: The Homeric picture / by George M. Calhoun ; Historical commentary / by T.B.L. Webster --
Religion / by H.J. Rose --
Burial customs / by George E. Mylonas --
D: Material culture: Houses and palaces / by Alan J.B. Wace --
Dress / by H.P. and Alan J.B. Wace --
Arms and armour / by Frank H. Stubbings --
Food and agriculture / by Frank H. Stubbings --
Crafts and industry / by Frank H. Stubbings --
Communications and trade / by Frank H. Stubbings --
Writing / by Lillian H. Jeffery.
Responsibility: Edited by Alan J.B. Wace and Frank H. Stubbings.

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