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Understanding the Odyssey : a student casebook to issues, sources, and historic documents
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Understanding the Odyssey : a student casebook to issues, sources, and historic documents

Author: Claudia D Johnson; Vernon E Johnson
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
Series: ' series">The Greenwood Press "literature in context" series
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Named Person: Homer.
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Claudia D Johnson; Vernon E Johnson
ISBN: 0313308810 9780313308819
OCLC Number: 50149646
Description: xvii, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: A literary analysis of Homer's "The Odyssey": transformation and return -- Greek mythology and Homer -- The geography of "The Odyssey" -- Archaeological excavations pertinent to Homer's epics -- The historical context of "The Odyssey" -- The Trojan War of myth and legend -- Supporting players in "The Odyssey": the underclasses -- Modern applications: the problem of revenge -- Contemporary applications: the athlete and athletics -- Modern applications: the evolution of the heroic ideal.
Series Title: The Greenwood Press "literature in context" series
Responsibility: Claudia Durst Johnson and Vernon Johnson.
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