| Description |
xxix, 595 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Homer and His Influence / J.A.K.Thomson, M.A., sometimes Professor of Classics, King's College, University of London -- Part One. The Homeric Poems and Their Authorship -- A: The Poems -- Chapter 1. Metre / Sir Maurice Bowra, F.B.A., Warden of Wadham College, Oxford -- 2. Style / Sir Maurice Bowra -- 3. Composition / Sir Maurice Bowra -- 4. The Language of Homer / L.R.Palmer, M.A., Professor of Comparative Philology in the University of Oxford -- 5. Homer and Other Epic Poetry / A.B.Lord, A.M.,Ph.D., Professor of Slavic at Harvard University -- B: Homeric Criticism -- 6. The Transmission of the Text / J.A.Davison, M.A.,Professor of Greek Language and Literature in the University of Leeds -- 7. The Homeric Question / J.A. Davison -- Part Two. The Picture and the Record -- A: The Setting -- 8. The Physical Geography of Greece and the Aegean / N.G. L.Hammond, M.A.,Headmaster of Clifton College --- 9. Lands and Peoples in Homer / helen Thomas, M.A.,sometime Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge, and Assistant Lecturer in Greek and Latin in the University of Manchester, and Frank H. Stubbings -- 10. Aegean Languages of the Heroic Age / A.J.Beattie, M.A.,F.R.S.E.,Professor of Greek at Edinburgh University -- B: The Rediscovery of the Heroic World -- 11. The History of Homeric Archaeology / Alan J.B.Wace -- 12. The Early Age of Greece / Alan J.B.Wace -- 13. The Principal Homeric Sites -- (i) Troy / Carl W. Blegen, Ph.d., Emeritus Professor of Classical Archaeology in the University of Cincinnati and Sometime Director of the American School of Classical Studies, Athens -- (ii) Mychenae / Alan J.B.Wace -- (iii) Ithaca / Frank H. Stubbings -- (iv) Pylos / Carl W. Blegen -- C: Social Culture -- 14. Polity and Sociey -- (i) The Homeric Picture / George M. Calhoun, Ph.D., Professor of Greek in the University of California -- (ii) Historical Commentary / T.B.L.Webster, Litt,D.,Professor of Greek at University College, London -- 15. Religion / H.J.Rose, M.A.,Emeritus Professor of Greek, United Colleges of St. Salvator and st, Leonard, St. Andrews -- 16. Burial Customs / George E. Mylonas, Ph.d., Professor and Head of the Department of Art and Archaeology, Washington University of st. Louis, Missouri -- D: Material Culture -- 17. Houses and Palaces / Alan J.B.Wace -- 18. Dress / H.P.and A.J.B. Wace -- 19. Arms and Armour / Frank H. Stubbings -- 20. Food and Agriculture / Frank H. Stubbings -- 21. Crafts and industries / Frank H. Stubbings -- 22. Communications and Trade / Frank H. Stubbings -- 23. Writing / Lilian H.Jeffery, M.A.,D.Phil., Fellow and Tutor of Lady Margaret Hall, and Lecturer in Ancient History in the University of Oxford -- Indexes: I. Passages of Homer cited in the Text -- II. General Index -- III. Greek Words |
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Homer.
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Homer. |
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Civilization, Homeric.
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Civilization, Homeric. |
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Stubbings, Frank H.
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