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Bespaloff, Rachel On the Iliad
New York Harper Torchbooks 1962 First Pbk.Ed. Soft Cover Very Good
Originally published 1947 by the Bollingen Foundation. Introduction Hermann Broch. Translation by y Mary McCarthy. 126p. Clean tight copy, no marks. 126p.
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Colum, Padraic [Homer ] The Children's Homer : The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy
Edinburgh Floris Books 1994 0863155294 / 9780863155291 First Thus Softcover New Pogany, Willy
"Combining the immortal stories from Homer's Iliad and Odyssey into a saga of heroism and magical adventure, this book retells the epic adventures of Ancient Greece with Odysseus and Achilles guided by the gods, seeking vengeance against the Trojans. The book then follows Odysseus on his perilous journey through the land of the Cyclops, past Circe the Enchantress, the terrible Charybdis and the sixheaded serpent Scylla." 247p. illus ( B & W)
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Griffin, Jasper Homer (Past Masters Series)
Oxford Oxford U.P. 1988 0-19-287533-7 / 9780192875334 1st UK Edition Soft Cover Very Good
"Concise. lucid authoritative introduction..." to Homer. 82p. bibliography.index. (From the library of Father M.Owen Lee, Classicist and well known commentator on the radio broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera, with his underlinings
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Strauss, Barry S. The Trojan War: A New History
New York Simon & Schuster 2006 074326441X / 9780743264419 1st US Edition Hard Cover As New New
"The Trojan War is the most famous conflict in history, the subject of Homer"s Iliad, one of the cornerstones of Western literature. Although many readers know that this literary masterwork is based on actual events, there is disagreement about how much of Homer"s tale is true. Drawing on recent archeological research, historian and classicist Barry Strauss explains what really happened in Troy more than 3,000 years ago.For many years it was thought that Troy was an insignificant place that never had a chance against the Greek warriors who laid siege and overwhelmed the city. In the old view, the conflict was decided by duels between champions on the plain of Troy. Today we know that Troy was indeed a large and prosperous city, just as Homer said. The Trojans themselves were not Greeks but vassals of the powerful Hittite Empire to the east in modern-day Turkey, and they probably spoke a Hittite-related language called Luwian. The Trojan War was most likely the culmination of a long feud over power, wealth, and honor in western Turkey and the offshore islands. The war itself was mainly a low-intensity conflict, a series of raids on neighboring towns and lands. It seems unlikely that there was ever a siege of Troy; rather some sort of trick -- perhaps involving a wooden horse -- allowed the Greeks to take the city.Strauss shows us where Homer nods,and sometimes exaggerates and distorts, as well. He puts the Trojan War into the context of its time, explaining the strategies and tactics that both sides used, and compares the war to contemporary battles elsewhere in the eastern Mediterranean. With his vivid reconstructions of the conflict and his insights into the famous characters and events of Homer's great epic, Strauss masterfully tells the story of the fall of Troy as history without losing the poetry and grandeur that continue to draw readers to this ancient tale... 258p. index
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Thorpe, Martin Homer (Inside the Ancient World series)
London Macmillan 1973 0-333-14744-8 / 9780333147443 Soft Cover Very Good
"...short summary of the events of the Iliad and the Odyssey and the mythological background to the Trojan War. Subsequent chapters deal with the tradition of oral poetry in which Homer worked .... the human society of the poems, the ideal of heroic life, and the position of the lower classes... the role of the gods and the attitude of mortals to them ... Homer's skill as a poet.... 80p. illus.index.
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