Nr Pag: 218
ISBN: 9781118255346
Ancient Epic offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to six of the greatest ancient epics - Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Vergil's Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphoses, and Apollonius of Rhodes' Agonautica.* Provides an accessible introduction to the ancient epic* Offers interpretive analyses of poems within a comprehensive historical context* Includes a detailed timeline, suggestions for further readings, and an appendix of the Olympian gods and their Akkadian counterparts