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Author Gottschall, Jonathan.

Title The rape of Troy : evolution, violence, and the world of Homer / Jonathan Gottschall.

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  883.01 H752iDg 2008    ---  Available
Description xii, 223 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents Rebuilding Homer's Greece -- A short ethnography of Homeric society -- Why do men fight? : the evolutionary biology and anthropology of male violence -- What launched the 1,186 ships? -- Status warriors -- Homeric women : re-imagining the fitness landscape -- Homer's missing daughters -- The prisoner's dilemma and the mystery of tragedy -- Conclusion : between lions and men -- Appendix. Dating Homeric society.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-217) and index.
Subject Homer -- Criticism and interpretation.
War in literature.
Human evolution in literature.
Sex distribution (Demography) -- History.
Civilization, Homeric.
Trojan War -- Literature and the war.
ISBN 0521690471 (pbk.)
9780521870382 (hardback)
0521870380
9780521690478 (pbk.)
Standard No. NLGGC 308098811
NZ1 12125063
AU@ 000043017020

 
    
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