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001 2013443263
003 DLC
005 20151211082454.0
008 130911s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng d
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050 00 $aPA4037$b.M3143 2007
082 04 $a883/.0109$223
100 1 $aManguel, Alberto.
245 10 $aHomer's the Iliad and the Odyssey :$ba biography /$cAlberto Manguel.
246 0 $aIliad and the Odyssey : a biography
250 $a1st American ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAtlantic Monthly Press,$cc2007.
300 $ax, 285 p. ;$c21 cm.
490 1 $aBooks that changed the world series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 1. Summaries of the Books -- 2. A life of Homer? -- 3. Among the philosophers -- 4. Virgil -- 5. Christian Homer -- 6. Other Homers -- 7. Homer in Islam -- 8. Dante -- 9. Homer in Hell -- 10. Greek versus Latin -- 11. Ancients versus moderns -- 12. Homer as poetry -- 13. Realms of gold -- 14. Homer as idea -- 15. The eternal feminine -- 16. Homer as symbol -- 17. Homer as history -- 18. Madame Homer -- 19. Ulysses' travels -- 20. Homer through the looking glass -- 21. The never-ending war -- 22. Everyman.
520 $aExamines "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" from their origins, the colorful characters and events chronicling the Trojan War and its aftermath, and their legacy for Western culture.
650 0 $aEpic poetry, Greek$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aTrojan War$vPoetry.
600 00 $aOdysseus,$cKing of Ithaca (Mythological character)
600 00 $aHomer.$tIliad.
600 00 $aHomer.$tOdyssey.
600 06 $aHomère.$tIliade.
600 06 $aHomère.$tOdyssée.
650 6 $aPoésie épique grecque.
650 6 $aGuerre de Troie$vPoésie.
650 6 $aUlysse (Mythologie grecque)
600 07 $aHomer.$tIliad.$2sears
600 07 $aHomer.$tOdyssey.$2sears
650 7 $aEpic poetry$xHistory and criticism.$2sears
830 0 $aBooks that changed the world (New York, N.Y.)
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1503/2013443263-d.html