The Baltic origins of Homer's epic tales
Subtitle: the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the migration of myth
By: Felice Vinci ; translated by Felice Vinci and Amalia Di Francesco.
Publisher: Inner Traditions
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Rochester, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Homer -- Knowledge -- Geography; Homer -- Knowledge -- Baltic Sea Region; Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism; Odysseus (Greek mythology) in literature; Trojan War -- Literature and the war; Geography, Ancient, in literature; Civilization, Homeric; Achaeans; Troy (Extinct city) -- In literature; Baltic Sea Region -- In literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ulysses homeward bound : the islands of Ogygia and Scheria; title: Ithaca's archipelago : Dulichium, Same, and Zacynthus; title: Ithaca; title: The adventures of Ulysses; title: Ulysses and northern mythology; title: If "this is not the site of the ancient Ilium," where was Troy?; title: War!; title: Neighboring lands and islands; title: Climate and chronology : the northern origin of the Mycenaeans; title: The catalog of ships : the northern Achaean world; title: The regions of the Peloponnese; title: Phthia, Crete, the River Egypt, and Pharos; title: Finding the home of the gods; title: Climate change and the migration of culture; title: Solar, stellar, and lunar myths.