Epic Interactions : Perspectives on Homer, Virgil, and the Epic Tradition Presented to Jasper Griffin by Former Pupils

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Epic Interactions : Perspectives on Homer, Virgil, and the Epic Tradition Presented to Jasper Griffin by Former PupilsThis collection of essays, written by former pupils of his, celebrates the career of Jasper Griffin, one of the foremost modern scholars of classical epic. The volume surveys the epic tradition from the eighth century BC to the nineteenth century of our era. Individual chapters focus on: Homer and the oral epic tradition; Homer in his religious context; Herodotus and Homer; Hellenistic epic; Virgil in his literary context; Virgil in his political

Within the depths of the Underworld the formidable snake-haired Gorgon has finally had enough

Μια ιστορία για τη συγχώρεση

για να σταματήσουν κάπως το κακό

Ο κύριος Απίθανος και οι φίλοι του βρίσκονται στην αρχαία Ελλάδα και ζουν μια πολύ ξεχωριστή περιπέτεια

statesman and defender of Rome's Republic

οι θάνατοι των δύο αδελφιών απλώς τραγικές συμπτώσεις

One of the founding documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy

because it recognised that for society to cohere

Of Gods and Men is embellished by translations from writers as diverse as Queen Elizabeth I (Boethius)

the pursuit of Orestes by his mother’s avenging Furies

and (narrative satire's crowning jewel) Swift

from 1924 to the present