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A New Companion to Homer
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A New Companion to Homer Library binding - 1997

by Ian Morris; Barry B. Powell


Details

  • Title A New Companion to Homer
  • Author Ian Morris; Barry B. Powell
  • Binding Library Binding
  • Edition updated ed
  • Pages 774
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Brill, Leiden
  • Date 1997
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9789004099890 / 9004099891
  • Weight 3.26 lbs (1.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.64 x 6.54 x 2.13 in (24.49 x 16.61 x 5.41 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96038925
  • Dewey Decimal Code 883.01

About the author

Barry B. Powell, Halls-Bascom Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is best known for his books Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet (Cambridge, 1991) and Classical Myth (Prentice-Hall, 1995; 2nd edition, 1997). He has also published articles on Greek poetry, especially Homer, the history of writing, and the origins of Greek myth, as well as doing research in Egyptian philology.
Ian Morris is Professor of Classics at Stanford University. His research focuses on social and cultural history, and archaeological evidence. He has excavated extensively in Greece, and is the author of Burial and Ancient Society (1987) and Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity (1992).