Celebrating Homer's landscapes : Troy and Ithaca revisited / J.V. Luce.

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Luce, John Victor, 1920-

Title & Author:

Celebrating Homer's landscapes : Troy and Ithaca revisited / J.V. Luce.

Publication:

Description:

xi, 260 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and indexes.
Landscape and the bard -- The Troad -- The Plain of Troy and the rivers -- Troy, Homer, and the archaeologists -- Signposts to the course of the fighting -- Homeric Ithaca: geography and archaeology -- Homeric Ithaca: narrative locality -- Appendixes. The stemma of the Trojan royal house -- Chronology of Troy.

Summary:

"In this beautiful and engaging book, an eminent authority on Homeric texts takes us on a tour of the main localities that Homer paints so vividly in his Iliad and Odyssey. Providing numerous photographs of the terrain and quoting liberally from the two epics, J.V. Luce argues convincingly that Homer's descriptions of the ancient landscape, far from being poetic fantasies, are accurate in every detail." "Luce's book is a significant contribution for specialists and a delightful companion for readers of Homer or visitors to the ancient sites."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0300074115 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780300074116 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Homer Knowledge and learning.
Homer. Iliad.
Homer. Odyssey.
Homer Knowledge Geography.
Homer
Homerus, ca. 800 v.Chr.
Homère (08.?-08.? av. J.-C.). Iliade.
Homère. Odyssée.
Homère cadre de l'oeuvre.
Odyssey (Homer)
Iliad (Homer)
Trojan War Literature and the war.
Literary landmarks Turkey Troy (Extinct city)
Literary landmarks Greece Ithaca Island.
Excavations (Archaeology) Turkey Troy (Extinct city)
Epic poetry, Greek History and criticism.
Écrivains Résidences et lieux familiers Turquie Troie (Ville ancienne)
Écrivains Résidences et lieux familiers Grèce Ithaque (Île)
Fouilles (Archéologie) Turquie Troie (Ville ancienne)
Poésie épique grecque Histoire et critique.
18.43 ancient Greek literature.
74.15 large areas (geography)
Learning and scholarship
Epic poetry, Greek
Excavations (Archaeology)
Literary landmarks
Landschappen.
Ilias (Homerus)
Odyssea (Homerus)
Topografie.
Literary landmarks Greece Ithakē.
Excavations (Archaeology) Turkey Troy.
Fouilles archéologiques Turquie Troie (ville ancienne)
Greece Ithaca Island
Turkey Troy (Extinct city)
Ithaca.
Troie (ville ancienne) Dans la littérature.
Ithaque (Grèce ; île) Dans la littérature.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 204092
Call No.: DF221.T8 L83 1998
Status: Available

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