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New York: Simon & Schuster/Touchstone, 1995 Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. "In this strikingly original and groundbreaking book, Dr. Shay examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer's Iliad with Vietnam veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Although the Iliad was written twenty-seven centuries ago it has much to teach about combat trauma , as do the more recent, compelling voices and experiences of Vietnam vets." 246p. bibliography.index Remainder mark, else fine.
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Achilles in Vietnam : Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character
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Adventures of Ulysses
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New York: Scholastic, 1969 Book. Illus. by Illus. William Hunter. As New. Pbk. "Heroes,monsters,gods,battles,kings - the legend of Ulysses is brought to life in this classic retelling." for young people. Pbk.170p. Condition : Good.
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The Art of the Odyssey
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New York: Prentice-Hall, 1967 Book. Very Good. Pbk. First Thus. "Combines sound scholarship and searching criticism to review and explain the major episodes in The Odyssey, to elucidate the special techniques of Homeric poetry, and to demonstrate the literary sophistication of Homer." 120p.ntes, index..
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A Complete Concordance to the Iliad of Homer
by Prendergast, Guy Lushington
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Lexington KY: Filiquarian Publishing/ Qontro Book. New. Soft cover. Facsimile Reprint.. Photographic facsimile from an original copy in the Bodleian Library of the edition published by Longman's Green and Co. London 1875. " It was based on the text of Priestley's edition of Heyne's Homer published in 834," The marks and flaws in the Bodleian copy used are still visible in this reproduction. You may need a magnifying glass to read this tiny typeface. 416p..
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The Concept of Inspirarion in Greek Poetry from Homer to Pindar
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Toronto: University of Toronto, Department of Classics., 1968 Book. Fine. Bound Typescript. First Thus. A Thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements fo the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Toronto, March 1968. Department of Classics, 277p,. bibliography..
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Epic Singers and Oral Tradition
by Lord, Alfred Bates
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Cornell University Press, 1991 Book. As New. Soft cover. "An unparalleled overview of the nature of oral-traditional epic songs and the practices of the singers who composed them. The essays collected here span half a century of Lord's research on the oral tradition from Homer to the twentieth century." 262p. bibliography. index.
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The File on H.
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New York: Arcade Publishing, 1998 Book. Illus. by Trans. Jusuf Vrioni & David Bellosan. New. Trade Paperback. Misunderstandings arose when two scholars went to Albania to record oral poetry in their search for the origins of Homeric epic. "Part spy novel, part comedy of errors, "The File on H."is a work of inventive genius and piercing irony that may be Ismail Kadare's funniest to date".
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The Glorious Adventure
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New York: Triangle Books, 1941 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. Two young, ebullient American travellers embark on ".an an exciting journey following in the footsteps of Ulysses, the royal vagabond." Amusing period travel book. 1941 reprint on cheap war time paper, yellowing with age. 354p.-.
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The Glorious Adventure
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New York: Garden City Pub.Co. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Re-issue. Humourous and light-heated narrative of 2 young men in search of Odysseus' adventures in Greece and the Mediterranean.Early re-issue. Copyright 1927. 354p. Illus.Map. Neat tight copy, unmarked except for donor inscription.
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The Glorious Adventure
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1927 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st.US Ed... Two young, ebullient American travelers embark on "an an exciting journey following in the footsteps of Ulysses, the royal vagabond." A handsome copy well illustrated with contemporary photographs and two panoramic views.354p. illus. plates, maps on end papers. Retailer stamp on half title, else fine..
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Goodbye to Ithaca.
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London: Hutchinson., 1955 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition.. "Here are tales of Djerba and Istanbul, of Trapani in Sicily and Aulis in Greece, of Troy in Asia Minor, of Corfu and Santorin and, of course, of 'rocky Ithaca'." Fascinating travelogue of the author's various adventures around Greece and the Mediterranean in search of Odysseus.254p. plates .bibliography. index Maps on end papers..
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Homer
by Rouse, W.H.D [William Henry Denham]
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London: Thomas Nelson,, 1939 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Ed. Discussion books No 52. Straightforward introduction to Homer addressing issues such as "Was there a Homer, and if so who was he; where and when did he live; what did he produce and in what form; who were the people among whom he lived,; and what did he tell us about them in the Iliad and the Odyssey ? 168p.+ plates, illus maps index..
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Homer [ Inside the ancient world series]
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London: Macmillan, 1973 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st UK Edition. " A short summary of the events of the Iliad and the Odyssey and the mythological background to the Trojan War. Subsequent chapters deal with the tradition of oral poetry in which Homer worked . the human society of the poems, the ideal of heroic life, and the position of the lower classes. the role of the gods and the attitude of mortals to them . Homer's skill as a poet. 80p. illus .index..
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Homer (Past Masters Series)
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Pbk Ed.. "Concise. lucid authoritative introduction..." to Homer. 82p. bibliography. index. Name of owner, else near fine.
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Homer :The Iliad
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Cambridge: Cambridge U.P., 1990 Book. Fine. Soft cover. Reprint. [(Landmarks of World Literature serieS] A new assessment of Homer's Iliad .., he deals with the poem's historical context . composition and extensive influence, and stresses the coherence and ..aspects of .. its style charachter, portrayal and ideology.116p. bibliography.
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Homer and the Epic [A Shortened Version of "The Songs of Homer"]
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976 Book. Fine. Soft cover. Reprint.. "This is a shortened and rearranged version of The Songs of Homer, Professor Kirk's vivid and comprehensive account of the background and development of the Homeric poems and of their quality as literature. His purpose remains the same: to develop a comprehensive and unified view of the nature of the Iliad and the Odyssey, of their relation to the oral heroic poetry of the Greek Dark Age, and of their creation as poems by two great singers in the eighth century BC. The essential attitudes and arguments of the earlier work have been retained, but the whole has been reduced in detail by some two-fifths. The sections on the historical background, the possibilities of Achaean and Aeolic epic, and the technical aspects of the language have been abbreviated most, and those dealing with oral poetry and the Iliad and Odyssey as literature least of all. Professor Kirk has also changed the order and increased the number of…
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The Homeric Hymns
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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1976 Book. Illus. by Trans. Apostolos N.Athanassakis. New. Soft cover. Nice translation of the Homeric hymns with introduction and notes by Athanassakis. 107p..
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The Homeric Hymns : A Verse Translation
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New York: W.W.Norton, 1975 Book. Illus. by Trans. Thelma Sargent). Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. "The Homeric Hymns are a collection of poems in the oral tradition collected from around the 7th. century B.C that celebrate the gods and goddesses of the Greek Pantheon.The poems are simple narratives, the longer poems are straightforward narrative and have been so translated". 82p. .
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The Homeric Hymns
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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1976 Book. Illus. by Trans. Apostolos N.Athanassakis. Fine. Soft cover. Nice translation of the Homeric hymns with introduction and notes by Athanassakis. 107p..
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Homer's Daughter
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London: Cassell, 1965 Ex-Library. Good. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition.. Amusing novel based on Butler's theory that the Odyssey was written in Sicily and by a woman - an interesting historical reconstruction, told wth verve and wit (Ex-Library with usual stamps, ffep missing).
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