| Description |
258 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : why read Homer? / Kostas Myrsiades -- Homer as history : Greeks and others in a dark age / Shawn Ross -- Geras and guest gifts in Homer / Rick M. Newton -- Homer's Odyssey, Books 19 and 23 : early recognition, a solution to the enigmas of ivory and horns, and the test of the bed / John B. Vlahos -- Conversation in the Odyssey / Scott Richardson -- The end of speeches and a speech's end : Nestor, Diomedes, and the telos muthon / Joel Christensen -- Achilles' heel : the historicism of the film Troy / Jonathan S. Burgess -- Redefining Homeric heroism in Wolfgang Petersen's Troy / Charles C. Chiasson -- The Odyssey and Frank Capra's It's a wonderful life / Bruce Louden -- Reading The gunfighter as Homeric epic / Kostas Myrsiades. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Homer -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Homer -- Influence.
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Troy (Motion picture)
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Motion pictures -- Plots, themes, etc.
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Mythology in motion pictures.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Myrsiades, Kostas.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780838642191 (alk. paper) |
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0838642195 (alk. paper) |
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