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Author Griffin, Jasper, author

Title Homer on life and death / Jasper Griffin
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1980
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1980
©1980

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 W'PONDS  880.1 H7662 Z/GSH  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 218 pages ; 22 cm
Contents 1. Symbolic scenes and significant objects -- 2. Characterization -- 3. Death and the god-like hero -- 4. Death, pathos, and objectivity -- 5. Gods and goddesses -- 6. The divine audience and the religion of the Iliad
Analysis Epic poetry, Greek History and criticism
Homer Philosophy
Epic poetry in Greek Homer Special themes Life & death
Notes Includes index, page 211-218
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-210)
Subject Homer -- Criticism and interpretation.
Homer -- Philosophy.
Homer.
Death in literature.
Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.
LC no. 79041140
ISBN 9780198140160
9780198140269 (paperback)