Travelling Heroes

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This remarkable and daringly original book proposes a new way of thinking about the Greeks and their myths in the age of the great Homeric hymns. It combines a lifetime''s familiarity with Greek literature and history with the latest archeological discoveries and the author''s own journeys to the main sites in the story to describe how particular Greeks of the eighth century BC travelled east and ...

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This remarkable and daringly original book proposes a new way of thinking about the Greeks and their myths in the age of the great Homeric hymns. It combines a lifetime''s familiarity with Greek literature and history with the latest archeological discoveries and the author''s own journeys to the main sites in the story to describe how particular Greeks of the eighth century BC travelled east and ...

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  • Formats: epub
  • ISBN: 9780141889863
  • Publication Date: 4 Sept 2008
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM