num_pages: 419
description: The two Homeric poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, have long been considered masterpieces, and their influence on subsequent Greek and Western literature has been immense. An international team of experts discusses the poems, their background and composition, and subsequent reception to the present day. Each chapter features contemporary critical insights and closes with a guide to further reading on the topic.
language: English
title: The Cambridge Companion to Homer
titlecomplete: The Cambridge Companion to Homer (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
genres: Classics, History, Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Criticism, Reference, Literature, Mythology, Poetry, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 74
publisher: Cambridge University Press