Homer

Gebundenes Buch

The Odyssey (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

Beschreibung

Having spent ten years fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus embarks on his journey back to Ithica. To get there he must deceive a giant Cyclops, face Poseidon's wrath, and sail between a six-headed monster and a raging whirlpool.

Autor

Homer is best known as the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey. He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets. Author of the first known literature of Europe, he is central to the Western canon. Homer's works, which are about fifty percent speeches, provided models in persuasive speaking and writing that were emulated throughout the ancient and medieval Greek worlds. Fragments of Homer account for nearly half of all identifiable Greek literary papyrus finds in Egypt. The Iliad is paired with something of a sequel, The Odyssey, also attributed to Homer. Both stories were intended to be sung by an epic poet. Along with The Odyssey, The Iliad is among the oldest extant works of Western literature, and its written version is usually dated to around the eighth century BC.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Engage Books
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9781774761663
• ISBN-10: 1774761661
• Artikelnr.: 64374442