The Mortal Hero
Subtitle: An Introduction to Homer's <i>Iliad</i>
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: November 22, 1985
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780520056268
Subjects: Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; Works by individual poets: classical, early & medieval; Iliad; Epic poetry, Greek; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Literature: Classics; Ancient and Classical; History / Ancient / General; Achilles (Greek mythology) in; Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature; History and criticism; Homer; Literature and the war; Trojan War
First sentence: The Iliad is read today as the earliest example of Western literature, the first work in a long tradition of heroic narrative.