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An edition of The world of Odysseus (1954)

The world of Odysseus

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The World of Odysseus is a concise and penetrating account of the society that gave birth to the Iliad and the Odyssey--a book that provides a vivid picture of the Greek Dark Ages, its men and women, works and days, morals and values. Long celebrated as a pathbreaking achievement in the social history of the ancient world, M.I. Finley's brilliant study remains, as classicist Bernard Knox notes in his introduction to this new edition, "as indispensable to the professional as it is accessible to the general reader"--a fundamental companion for students of Homer and Homeric Greece.

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New York Review Books
Language
English
Pages
205

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Subjects

Greek Epic poetry History History and criticism Homeric Civilization Knowledge Literature and the war Odysseus (Greek mythology) in literature Social history Trojan War Literature Ilias (Homerus) Cultuurgeschiedenis Zeithintergrund Odyssey (Homer) In literature Odyssea (Homerus) Kultur Criticism and interpretation Odysseus (greek mythology) Civilization, homeric Troy (extinct city) Epic poetry, history and criticism Mythology in literature Poésie épique grecque Histoire et critique Civilisation homérique Greece, history, to 146 b.c. Knowledge and learning

People

Homer

Places

Troy (Extinct city)

Times

To 500

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The world of Odysseus
2002, New York Review Books
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The world of Odysseus
1978, Viking Press
in English - Rev. ed.
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The world of Odysseus
1965, Viking Press
in English - Rev. ed.
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The world of Odysseus.
1959, Meridian Books
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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Introduction vii
Preface xix
Map xxii
1. Homer and the Greeks 5
2. Bards and Heroes 18
3. Wealth and Labor 46
4. Household, Kin, and Community 71
5. Morals and Values * 109
Appendix I: The World of Odysseus Revisited 147
Appendix II: Schliemann's Troy-One Hundred Years After * 166
Bibliographical Essay 187
Index of Passages Quoted 197
General Index 201.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-195) and indexes.

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New York
Series
New York Review Books classics

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
883/.01
Library of Congress
PA4037 .F48 2002, PA4037.F48 2002

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Pagination
xxi, 205 p. :
Number of pages
205

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3552475M
ISBN 10
1590170172
LCCN
2002002882
OCLC/WorldCat
49225379
LibraryThing
15290
Wikidata
Q125542233
Goodreads
215485

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Work ID
OL890165W

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