Odyssey & Iliad

Odyssey & Iliad
Antony Makrinos
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NZ$ 62.99
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NZ$ 50.39
Hardback
h234 x 153mm - 432pg
21 Jun 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781839649660
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A gorgeous collector' s edition of The Greatest Epics in Western Literature, now in the Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy and Epic Tales series. Two great epics of Western Culture are combined here into one volume. The Illiad tells the story of the Trojan War of the Ancient Greeks, focusing on the struggles of Achilles. The Odyssey covers the events after the war as Odysseus travels home, encountering many strange monsters and creatures. The Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories and Epic Tales collections bring together the entire range of myth, folklore and modern short fiction. Highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction and mystery stories, the books in Flame Tree Collections series are beautifully presented, perfect as a gift and offer a lifetime of reading pleasure. Hardback, Deluxe edition, printed on silver, matt laminated, gold and silver foil stamped, embossed
Antony Makrinos (Foreword) received his PhD in Classics from UCL in 2005. He has been a visiting Lecturer in the School of English and Drama at Queen Mary College and a Teaching Fellow at KCL; in 2005 he became a Research and Teaching Fellow in the Greek and Latin Department at UCL, then a Senior Teaching Fellow in 2017 and is now an Associate Professor in Classics. In 2017 Antony also became a Senior Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His interests include Greek epic, especially Homer, Greek education, scholarship in Byzantium, and reception studies, again especially Homer, on film and popular culture. He is currently working on an edition of Eustathius' Commentary on Homer' s Odyssey (Book 1).

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