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Homeric seafaring

Author: Samuel Mark
Publisher: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2005.
Series: Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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"In this comprehensive history of Homer's references to ships and seafaring, author Samuel Mark reveals patterns in the way that the Greeks build ships and approached the sea between 850 and 750 B.C. To discuss and clarify the terms used by Homer, Mark draws on scholarly literature as well as examples of recent excavations of ancient shipwrecks." "As befits a study whose subjects are partly historical, partly  Read more...
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Mark, Samuel (Samuel EuGene)
Homeric seafaring.
College Station : Texas A & M University Press, c2005
(OCoLC)607590785
Named Person: Homer; Homer; Homère; Homère; Homerus.
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Samuel Mark
ISBN: 1585443913 9781585443918
OCLC Number: 55846385
Description: 257 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: 1. Introduction --
2. The cultural context of the Iliad and the Odyssey --
3. Society, economics, and trade --
4. Hull construction --
5. Odysseus builds a seagoing vessel --
6. Homeric ships --
7. Seafaring on the wine dark sea --
8. Anchoring and anchorages --
9. Geography --
10. Summary.
Series Title: Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
Responsibility: Samuel Mark.
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Abstract:

"In this comprehensive history of Homer's references to ships and seafaring, author Samuel Mark reveals patterns in the way that the Greeks build ships and approached the sea between 850 and 750 B.C. To discuss and clarify the terms used by Homer, Mark draws on scholarly literature as well as examples of recent excavations of ancient shipwrecks." "As befits a study whose subjects are partly historical, partly archaeological, and partly myth and legend, Mark's conclusions are tentative. Yet, this comprehensive and meticulous study of Homer's references to ships and seafaring is sure to become a standard study on the subject."--BOOK JACKET.

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