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LEADER: 03321cam 2200625 a 4500
001 ocn318411595
003 OCoLC
005 20180207014117.0
008 090518s2009 nyub b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009020160
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020 $a9780670021123
020 $a0670021121
020 $a9780143118268
020 $a0143118269
035 $a(OCoLC)318411595
037 $bPenguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136$nSAN 282-5074
050 00 $aPA4037$b.A5955 2009
082 00 $a883/.01$222
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084 $aFH 20028$2rvk
100 1 $aAlexander, Caroline,$d1956-
245 14 $aThe war that killed Achilles :$bthe true story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War /$cCaroline Alexander.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bViking,$c2009.
300 $axix, 296 pages :$bmap ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 229-277) and index.
505 0 $aLandscape of the Trojan War -- the things they carried -- Chain of command -- Terms of engagement -- Enemy lines -- Land of my fathers -- In God we trust -- Man down -- No hostages -- The death of Hektor -- Everlasting glory.
520 $aMany have forgotten that the subject of the "Illiad" was war--not merely the poetical romance of the war at Troy, but war, in all its enduring devastation. This groundbreaking reading of Homer's epic poem restores the poet's vision of the tragedy of war, addressing many of the central questions that define the war experience of every age.
600 00 $aHomer.$tIliad.
600 00 $aAchilles$c(Mythological character)
650 0 $aWar in literature.
650 0 $aTrojan War$xLiterature and the war.
600 07 $aAchilles$c(Mythological character)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00795683
630 07 $aIliad (Homer)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01356294
650 7 $aWar in literature.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01170505
600 07 $aHomerus$dca. v8. Jh.$tIlias$2gnd
600 17 $aHomerus.$tIlias.$2swd
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2009020160-t.html
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856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/2009020160-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/2009020160-d.html
856 42 $zContributor biographical information$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/200902016b.html
856 42 $zPublisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/200902016d.html
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$nBK0008299466
938 $aCoutts Information Services$bCOUT$n9593949
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