Myths of the Odyssey in Art and Literature
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: May 4, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780766190672
Subjects: Ancient and Classical; Criticism; Art : Criticism; Literary Criticism & Collections / Ancient & Classical; Non-Classifiable; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Novelty
First sentence: HOMERIC scholars and comparative mythologists tell us that the stories with which the Odyssey is thick-strewn were not invented by Homer; that he took the folk-lore that lay ready to hand, and wove its diverse legends into an epic whole; that many of his myths are the common property of both Aryan and non-Aryan peoples.