Ancient Epic
Literary and Linguistic Essays| By: | Concepción Cabrillana, Cecilia Criado, Mercedes Díaz de Cerio Díez |
| Publisher: | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| Print ISBN: | 9781443874212 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781443883979 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2015 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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This book adopts a broad approach to the Epic, from archaic Greece to imperial Rome, with comparisons to Vedic, Sanskrit, and Medieval poetry. It explores the hero, the bard, and myth, and traces the influence of Homer on authors like Virgil, Ovid, and Seneca.