The Homeric Imagination: A Study of Homer's Poetic Perception of Reality
β Scribed by Paolo Vivante
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Year
- 1970
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 232
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Subjects
Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism;Mythology, Greek, in literature;Homerus, -- ca 800 v Chr;PoeΜsie eΜpique grecque -- Histoire et critique;Epic poetry, Greek
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