Homer: (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World)

Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World

This concise book is an ideal introduction to Homer - the poet and his two great epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Student-friendly introduction to Homer. Provides historical background and literary readings of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Makes use of the author's own original research. Assumes no prior knowledge of Greek.