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Classical Epic : Homer and VirgilClassical World Series In the ancient world Homer was recognised as the fountainhead of culture. His poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, were universally admired as examples of great literature which could never be surpassed. In this study, Richard Jenkyns re examines the two Homeric epics and the work that is perhaps their closest rival, the Aeneid of Virgil. A wide range of topics is covered, including chapters on heroism and tragedy in the Iliad,

which the many but brief quotations from other authors and plays barely coloured

he knew more in 212 BCE than all of Europe for the next seventeen centuries

και τη ζωή που έχει προγραμματίσει μέχρι και τις διακοπές του επόμενου χρόνου

pushed his way in Roman politics as a 'democrat' against the senatorial government

Each poem is followed by an essay offering overall interpretation

and the evidence for slaves' resistance

Aristotle gives a comparative survey of internal and external body parts

Σκέφτηκα πως όλα αυτά δεν είναι παρά μια τελετή ενηλικίωσης

Η Αλβανίδα

This is the only modern edition in English of these books

let them make one final effort

one of the most influential manuals for monks from late antiquity