Articles about homer
Homer - The Life and Work of Homer
Homer is the most important figure in the literature of the Greeks and Romans, and one of the most important writers in the history of the world.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/homer/p/HomerGuide.htm
Barry Strauss - The Trojan War: A New History - Review of Barry ...
Strauss shows that Homer was in many areas recreating the ancient world even when its mores conflicted with the world he knew. Thus, when Plato criticizes ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/homer/gr/TrojanWarStraus.htm
Epithet - Homeric Epithet
Usually called an epithet or an Homeric epithet, but sometimes called an Homeric epitaph, it is one of the most noticeable features of Homer's Iliad and ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/homer/qt/HomericEpithet.htm
Iliad - Books of the Iliad
Homer's Iliad is conventionally divided into 24 books. ... The Iliad, an epic poem attributed to Homer, is conventionally divided into 24 books. ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/iliad/a/Iliad.htm
Odyssey Book XXI - Summary of the Events in Odyssey Book XXI by Homer
Information on the Twenty-First Book of the Odyssey of Homer, in which Odysseus shoots the bow of Iphitus.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/trojanwarinlit/a/OdysseyXXI.htm
Iliad Book XII
Information on the twelfth book of the Iliad of Homer. ... Read a public domain translation of Homer's Iliad Book XII. Previous ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/trojanwarinlit/a/IliadXII.htm
Odyssey Book XX - Summary of the Events in Odyssey Book XX by Homer
Information on the Twentieth Book of the Odyssey of Homer, in which Odysseus and Penelope take turns with insomnia.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/trojanwarinlit/a/OdysseyXX.htm
Iliad Book II
Information on the second book of the Iliad of Homer. ... Homer then lists the captains of the fleets, their ships, and horses. While the throng gathers, ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/trojanwarinlit/a/IliadII.htm
Iliad Book IV
Hera tells Zeus to let Athena get involved and make the Trojans break their agreement and attack the Greeks (NB: Homer refers to them mostly as Achaeans, ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/trojanwarinlit/a/IliadIV.htm
Iliad Book II
Information on the second book of the Iliad of Homer. ... Again, Homer addresses the Muses, this time more than one and places them on Olympus. ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/trojanwarinlit/a/IliadII_3.htm
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