Celebrating Homer's landscapes
Subtitle: Troy and Ithaca revisited
By: J.V. Luce.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Homer -- Knowledge -- Troy (Extinct city); Homer -- Knowledge -- Ithaca Island (Greece); Homer; Homer; Trojan War -- Literature and the war; Literary landmarks -- Turkey -- Troy (Extinct city); Literary landmarks -- Greece -- Ithaca Island; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Turkey -- Troy (Extinct city); Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism
Description: In this beautiful and engaging book, an eminent authority on Homeric texts takes us on a tour of the main localities that Homer paints so vividly in his Iliad and Odyssey. Providing numerous photographs of the terrain and quoting liberally from the two epics, J. V. Luce argues convincingly that Homer's descriptions of the ancient landscape, far from being poetic fantasies, are accurate in every detail.

Luce's book is a significant contribution for specialists and a delightful companion for readers of Homer or visitors to the ancient sites.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-248) and indexes.